Réal Ouellet (29 September 1935 – 20 February 2022) was a Canadian writer and academic.

Biography

After his studies in psychology and literature at the

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, Ouellet earned a doctorate from the

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in 1963 with a thesis titled "Les relations humaines dans l’œuvre de Saint-Exupéry". That year, he became teaching literature at Laval. He was one of the founders of ' in 1968. Ouellet was a specialist on literature, theatre, and literary representations of

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and the

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in the 17th and 18th centuries. He was the first president of the ''Société canadienne d’étude du dix-huitième siècle'' and organized its congress in 1975 in

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. In 1988, he received a Killam grant in 1988 from the

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. In January 2007 he co-led a symposium titled "Représentation, métissage et pouvoir. La dynamique coloniale des échanges entre Autochtones, Européens et Canadiens" alongside . Ouellet died in Quebec City on 20 February 2022, at the age of 86.

Publications

Studies

*''Les relations humaines dans l’œuvre de Saint-Exupéry'' (1971) *''L’univers du roman'' (1972) *''Lettres persanes'' (1976) *''L’Univers du théâtre'' (1978) *''La Relation de voyage en Amérique (xvie – xviiie siècles). Au carrefour des genres'' (2010)

Collective works

*''Rhétorique et conquête missionnaire. Le jésuite Paul Lejeune'' (1993) *''Culture et colonisation en Amérique du Nord : Canada, États-Unis, Mexique. Culture and Colonization in North America : Canada, United States, Mexico'' (1994) *''Transferts culturels et métissages. Amérique/Europe, xvie – xxe siècles'' (1996) *''Mythes et géographies des mers du Sud. Études suivies de l'Histoire des navigations aux Terres australes de Charles de Brosses'' (2006)

Novels

*''L’aventurier du hasard. Le baron de Lahontan. Roman'' (1996) *''Regards et dérives. Nouvelles'' (1997) *''Par ailleurs. Nouvelles'' (2005) *''Cet océan qui nous sépare'' (2008)

References

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