L'Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ; English: ''Québec Union of Writers'') is a professional
union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
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Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
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of writers in
Québec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, 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 ...
,
Canada
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.
Founded on March 21, 1977 by some 50 writers following the leadership of
Jacques Godbout
Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ (born November 27, 1933) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (''touche-à-tout''), Godbout has become one of the most important wri ...
, it represents today some 1,200 writers (poets, novelists, drama authors, essayists, authors of scientific and practical works). Its stated mission is to promote
Québec literature and defend the social and economic rights of persons of the literary profession.
Board of directors
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Stanley Péan, president
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Danièle Simpson, vice-president
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Sylvain Campeau, secretary-treasurer
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Sylvain Meunier, administrator
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François Jobin, administrator
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Nadia Ghalem, administrator
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Renaud Longchamps, administrator and representative of regions outside
Montreal
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See also
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Quebec literature
This is an article about literature in Quebec.
16th and 17th centuries
During this period, the society of New France was being built with great difficulty. The French merchants contracted to transport colonists did not respect their end of t ...
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List of Quebec writers
External links
Web site(French only)
Canadian writers' organizations
Professional associations based in Quebec
Culture of Quebec
French-language literature in Canada
Trade unions in Quebec
Trade unions established in 1977
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