Yvon Rivard (born August 20, 1945 at Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a

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writer from Quebec. He is a two-time

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winner, receiving the

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in 1986 for ''Les silences du corbeau'', and the

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in 2013 for ''Aimer, enseigner''. He was a longtime professor of creative writing at

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until his retirement in 2008. He won the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal in 1996 for his novel ''Le Milieu du jour''. As a screenwriter, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the

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in 1992 for ''

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(La Vie fantôme)'', cowritten with

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."French-Canadian films steal Genie show Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". ''

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'', October 14, 1992.

Works

* ''Pierre Vadeboncœur, un homme libre'' (1974) * ''Mort et naissance de Christophe Ulric'' (1976) * ''Frayère'' (1976) * ''L'Imaginaire et le quotidien'' (1978) * ''Les Silences du corbeau'' (1986, ) * ''Le Bout cassé de tous les chemins'' (1993, ) * ''Le Milieu du jour'' (1995, ) * ''L'Ombre et le Double'' (1996, ) * ''Le Siècle de Jeanne'' (2005, ) * ''Personne n'est une île'', (2006, ) * ''Une idée simple'' (2010, ) * ''Aimer, enseigner'' (2012, )

References

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