François Ricard

François Ricard
Born June 4, 1947
Shawinigan, Quebec
Occupation writer, academic
Nationality Canadian
Period 1980s-present
Notable works La littérature contre elle-même, Gabrielle Roy, une vie
Notable awards Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction
Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize

François Ricard (born June 4, 1947 in Shawinigan, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian writer and academic from Quebec.[2] He has been a professor of French literature at McGill University since 1980, including a special but not exclusive focus on the work of Milan Kundera and Gabrielle Roy,[1] and has published numerous works of non-fiction.

Background

Born and raised in Shawinigan, he was educated at McGill University and the University of Provence.[1]

He was a founder of the literary journal Liberté,[1] has served on the editorial boards of the publishing houses Éditions Sentier and Éditions du Boréal,[1] and has contributed to both Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec as a literature reviewer and a host of documentary programming on Quebec literature and history.[1]

Awards

He won the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 1985 Governor General's Awards for La littérature contre elle-même,[2] and Gabrielle Roy: A Life, an English translation by Patricia Claxton of his 1996 book Gabrielle Roy, une vie, won the 1999 Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize[3] and the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 1999 Governor General's Awards.[4] The original French edition of Gabrielle Roy, une vie was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award at the 1997 Governor General's Awards,[5] and Le dernier après-midi d’Agnès: essai sur l’oeuvre de Milan Kundera was nominated at the 2003 Governor General's Awards.[6]

Works

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 François Ricard at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "François Ricard: comme une grande province tranquille". La Presse, March 22, 2014.
  3. "Ricard wins biography prize". National Post, November 10, 1999.
  4. "Winners of 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards". Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 1999.
  5. "The Governor General's Awards". Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1997.
  6. "Atwood's novel gets third citation". The Globe and Mail, October 21, 2003.

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