The Prix Ringuet is a Canadian literary award, presented each year by the
Académie des lettres du Québec The Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers.
It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Qué ...
to an author from
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
for a book of French-language
fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...
. First presented in 1983 as the Prix Molson, the award was later renamed
for novelist
Philippe Panneton, who wrote under the pen name Ringuet and was a founding member of the Académie.
Prize recipients
Prix Molson
*1983 -
Jacques Folch-Ribas
Jacques Folch-Ribas (born November 4, 1928, in Barcelona, Spain) is a Canadian novelist and art critic from Quebec.[Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska
Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born May 27, 1930) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.Quebec Since 1930'. James Lorimer & Company; 1991. . p. 579–.
Early life and education
Ouellette-Michalska was born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec. ...]
, ''La Maison Trestler''
*1985 -
Pauline Harvey, ''Encore une partie pour Berri''
*1986 -
Daniel Gagnon, ''La Fille à marier''
*1987 -
Sylvain Trudel
Sylvain Trudel (born 1963, Montreal) is a French-Canadian writer. His debut novel ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan'' appeared in 1986 and he has since published around half a dozen more works of adult fiction. His novel ''La Mer de la tranquillité'' wo ...
, ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan''
*1988 -
Francine D'Amour, ''Les Dimanches sont mortels''
*1989 -
Jean Marcel
Jean Marcel (died December 1980) was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1961 to 1969 when the diocese split into three. Marcel then became Bishop of Antananarivo until 1975.
Marcel trained for the priesthood at Dorchester Missionary ...
, ''Hypathie ou la Fin des dieux''
*1990 -
Jacques Poulin
Jacques Poulin (born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing.
Poulin studied psychology and arts at the Université Laval in Quebec City; he started his career as commercial t ...
, ''Le Vieux chagrin''
*1991 -
Robert Baillie
Robert Baillie (30 April 16021662) was a Church of Scotland minister who became famous as an author and a propagandist for the Covenanters. , ''La Nuit de la Saint-Basile''
*1992 -
Paul Bussières, ''Mais qui va donc consoler Mingo?''
*1993 -
Jacques Desautels, ''Le Quatrième roi mage''
*1994 -
Sergio Kokis, ''Le Pavillon des miroirs''
Prix Ringuet
*1997 -
Louise Dupré
Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist.
The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in li ...
, ''La Memoria''
*1998 -
Pierre Ouellet, ''La légende dorée''
*1999 -
Gaétan Soucy
Gaétan Soucy (21 October 1958 – 9 July 2013) was a Canadian novelist and professor.
Life
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Soucy studied physics at Université de Montréal, completed a master's degree in philosophy, and studied Japanese language and ...
, ''
La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes''
*2000 -
Christiane Duchesne
Christiane Duchesne (born August 12, 1949) is a Quebec researcher, educator, illustrator, translator and writer.
Biography
She was born in Montreal and was educated at the Collège Jésus-Marie d'Outremont, at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and at ...
, ''L'homme des silences''
*2001 -
Aki Shimazaki
Aki Shimazaki (born 1966 in Gifu, Gifu, Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and Translation, translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese language, Japan ...
, ''Hamaguri''
*2002 -
Guillaume Vigneault
Guillaume Vigneault, (born August 5, 1970 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist. He is the son of Gilles Vigneault.
Studies and works
After receiving a bachelor's degree in literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal and be ...
, ''Chercher le vent''
*2003 -
Rober Racine, ''L'ombre de la terre''
*2004 -
Gilles Jobidon
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, ''La route des petits matins''
*2005 -
Pierre Yergeau
Pierre Yergeau (born October 4, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, most noted as a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction.
Born in Abitibi, Quebec, Yergeau was educated at Concordia University and the Univers ...
, ''Les amours perdues''
*2006 -
Martine Desjardins, ''L'évocation''
*2007 -
Andrée A. Michaud, ''Mirror Lake''
*2008 -
Hélène Rioux
Hélène Rioux (born January 12, 1949) is a French Canadian writer and translator.
She was born in Montreal, Quebec and was educated at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, going on to study Russian at the Université de Montréal. Her stories have be ...
, ''Mercredi Soir au Bout du Monde''
*2009 -
Martin Robitaille Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austra ...
, ''Les déliaisons''
*2010 -
Alexandre Lazaridès, ''Adieu, vert paradis''
*2011 -
, ''La Constellation du lynx''
*2012 -
Jocelyne Saucier
Jocelyne Saucier (born May 27, 1948 in Clair, New Brunswick) is a Canadian novelist and journalist based in Quebec.
Career
Educated in political science at the Université Laval, Saucier worked as a journalist in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue regi ...
, ''Il pleuvait des oiseaux''
*2013 -
Jean Bédard, ''Marguerite Porète''
*2014 -
Yvon Paré, ''Le voyage d'Ulysse''
*2015 -
Michaël La Chance, ''Épisodies''
*2016 -
Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot, ''Tas-droches''
*2017 -
Christian Guay-Poliquin, ''Le Poids de la neige''
*2018 -
Stéfanie Clermont, ''Le jeu de la musique''
*2019 -
Kevin Lambert, ''Querelle de Roberval''
*2020 -
Élise Turcotte
Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957 in Sorel, Quebec) is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature ...
, ''L’apparition du chevreuil''
[André Duchesne]
"Les lauréats 2020 de l’Académie des lettres du Québec dévoilés"
'' La Presse'', January 21, 2021.
References
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French-language literature in Canada
Canadian fiction awards
Quebec awards
French-language literary awards
Awards established in 1983
1983 establishments in Canada