André Giroux (December 10, 1916 – July 28, 1977) was a Canadian writer of fiction. Giroux authored ''Malgré tout, la joie'', a series of short stories for which he received the Governor General's Award for French Canadian literature in 1959, as presented by the Canada Council. He was also a Montyon Prizes, Montyon Prize winner. Giroux was born in Quebec City, Quebec. A member of the Royal Society of Canada, he died following an automobile accident on July 24, 1977.

List of literary works

*''Au-delà des visages / Beyond the Faces'' (1948 novel) *''Le gouffre a toujours soif / The Bottomless Pit'' (1953 novel) *''14, rue de Galais / 14 Galais street'' (television series, 1954–57) *''Malgré tout, la joie / Despite Everything, the Joy!'' (1958) — Winner, 1959 Governor General's Awards André Giroux also authored articles in newspapers under the pseudonym ''Rene de Villers''.

Biographies

*''Analytical Bibliography of Andre Giroux'', Yvette Giroux, 1949 *''Andre Giroux - the writer, the man, the poet'', Mado of Isle, the Editions Arion, 1994

Awards and honours

*1949 - Montyon Prizes, Montyon Prize of the French Academy *1950 - Province of Quebec Prize *1952 - Guggenheim Fellowship *1959 - Governor General's Award for French language fiction

External links

CyberScol: Quebec literature
provided by Library and Archives Canada * Archives of Andr Girou
(Fonds André Giroux, R11742)
are held at Library and Archives Canada {{DEFAULTSORT:Giroux, Andre 1916 births 1977 deaths Canadian male novelists Writers from Quebec City Governor General's Award–winning fiction writers 20th-century Canadian novelists Canadian novelists in French 20th-century Canadian male writers Montyon Prize laureates Novelists from Quebec