Prise de parole ("Speaking Out") is a Canadian book publishing company. Located in Greater Sudbury,
Ontario
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The company was established in the early 1970s by the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario, a group of professors and students at Laurentian University who established nearly all of the city's contemporary francophone cultural institutions."Vive le CanLit français". ''
The Globe and Mail
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'', October 19, 1996. Its first book, released in 1973, was ''Lignes Signes'', an anthology of poetry by Jean Lalonde, Placide Gaboury, Denis St-Jules and Gaston Tremblay, while its first fiction title was ''Hermaphrodismes'', two erotic novellas written by Fernand Dorais under the pen name "Tristan Lafleur".Gaétan Gervais and Jean-Pierre Pichette, ''Dictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français: 1613-1993''.
University of Ottawa Press
The University of Ottawa Press (french: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa) is a bilingual university press located in Ottawa, Ontario. It publishes approximately 25-30 books annually in both English and French. The UOP is the only fully ...
, 2010. .
The most successful title in the company's history is
Doric Germain
Doric Germain (born 1946 in Lac-Sainte-Thérèse, Ontario) is a Canadian writer and university professor.
Educated at the University of Ottawa and Université Laval, he briefly taught high school before publishing his debut novel, first novel in 1 ...
's novel ''La vengeance de l'orignal''. In 1996, the firm was involved in the
Federal Court of Canada
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case '' Prise de parole Inc v Guérin, éditeur Ltée'', after another publishing company published unauthorized excerpts from ''La vengeance de l'orignal'' in an anthology for use in schools. The case, which awarded Germain $10,000 in compensation but found that Guérin's actions were not an infringement on Germain's moral rights as the excerpts were not damaging to his reputation, is now considered a key precedent in the matter of
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Other writers published by the company have included
Herménégilde Chiasson
Herménégilde Chiasson (born 7 April 1946) is a Canadian poet, playwright and visual artist of Acadian origin. Born in Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, he was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick between 2003 and 2009. He is also curren ...
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Jean-Marc Dalpé
Jean-Marc Dalpé (born February 21, 1957) is a Canadian playwright and poet. He is one of the most important figures in Franco-Ontarian literature.
Dalpé studied theatre at the University of Ottawa, graduating in 1973. In 1979, he obtained gra ...
Daniel Poliquin
Daniel Poliquin (born December 18, 1953) is a Canadian novelist and translator. He has translated works of various Canadian writers into French, including David Homel, Douglas Glover, and Mordecai Richler.
Poliquin and his hometown of Ottawa a ...
Charlie Angus
Charles Joseph Angus (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian author, journalist, broadcaster, musician and politician. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Angus has been the federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Timmins—Ja ...
Tomson Highway
Tomson Highway (born 6 December 1951) is an Indigenous Canadian playwright, novelist, and children's author. He is best known for his plays ''The Rez Sisters'' and ''Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing'', both of which won the Dora Mavor Moore ...
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The company's offices moved in 2022 to the new
Place des Arts
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As of 2018, titles published by the company have won the
Governor General's Award for French-language drama
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language drama. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided.
Because the award is presented for plays publ ...
twice, for Dalpé's ''Le Chien'' in 1989 and ''Il n'y a que l'amour'' in 1999, the
Governor General's Award for French-language poetry
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided.
Winners and nominees
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1990s
2000s
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twice, for Chiasson's ''Conversations'' in 1999 and Dickson's ''Humains paysages en temps de paix relative'' in 2002, and the
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each ...
once, for Dalpé's ''Un vent se lève qui éparpille'' in 2000.