François-Rosaire Paré (born 1949 in

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) is a Québécois

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and academic specialising in the literature of cultural minorities, though He started his career as a professor of French Renaissance literature. Paré lived in

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during his youth. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree at the

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, he pursued further studies in

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at SUNY. He would eventually settle in

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, first at

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, then moving to the

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region to teach at the

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. He was the Chair of the French Studies Department at the

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from 2003-2010 and is now the Graduate officer for the department.

Awards and recognition

* 1993: French non-fiction winner,

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s, ''Les Littératures de l'exiguïté'' * 2003: French winner,

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, ''La distance habitée'' * 2009: Lifetime achievement award, Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies

Bibliography

* 1992: ''Les Littératures de l'exiguïté'' (Le Nordir) * 1994: ''Théories de la fragilité'' (Le Nordir) * 2000: ''Traversées'', with Francois Ouellet(Le Nordir) * 2003: ''La distance habitée'' (Le Nordir) * 2007: ''Le fantasme d'Escanaba'' (Nota Bene) * 2008: ''Louis Hamelin et ses doubles'', with Francois Ouellet (Nota Bene)

External links

University of Waterloo: François Paré profile
accessed 16 July 2006 *

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Awards and recognition

Bibliography

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