Académie des lettres du Québec
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The Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy
for Quebec
writers.
It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau
and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québec, under much controversy.
It brings together writers and intellecturals of all disciplines. It can have up to 42 members, and currently has 41.
National academy
A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in...
for Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
writers.
It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau
Victor Barbeau
Victor Barbeau, was a Quebec writer and academic.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Barbeau was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Université Laval de Montréal, and University of Paris...
and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québec, under much controversy.
It brings together writers and intellecturals of all disciplines. It can have up to 42 members, and currently has 41.
Prizes awarded by the Academy
- Prix Victor-Barbeau
- Prix Alain-GrandboisPrix Alain-GrandboisThe Prix Alain-Grandbois or Alain Grandbois Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry. The jury is composed of three members of the Académie des lettres du Québec...
- Prix Ringuet
- Médaille de l'Académie des lettres du Québec
- Prix Molson du roman (1983-1994)
Founding members
- Marius BarbeauMarius BarbeauCharles Marius Barbeau, , also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology...
- Victor BarbeauVictor BarbeauVictor Barbeau, was a Quebec writer and academic.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Barbeau was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Université Laval de Montréal, and University of Paris...
- Roger Brien
- Robert Charbonneau
- Robert ChoquetteRobert ChoquetteRobert Guy Choquette, was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat.He's the father of Nathalie Choquette.He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and he moved with his family to Montreal in 1914....
- Marie-Claire Daveluy
- Léo-Paul DesrosiersLéo-Paul DesrosiersLéo-Paul Desrosiers was a Québécois writer and journalist well-known for his historical novels. He was influenced by the nationalism of Henri Bourassa and Lionel-Adolphe Groulx....
- Guy Frégault
- Alain GrandboisAlain GrandboisAlain Grandbois, was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one.Traveling around the world in 1918-1939 and sharing the hopes and problems of contemporary man, his work combined the themes of exploring the secrets of the world and studying human destiny, the writing and...
- Lionel GroulxLionel GroulxLionel-Adolphe Groulx was a Roman Catholic priest, historian and Quebec nationalist. -Early life and ordination:Groulx was born at Chenaux, Quebec, Canada, the son of a farmer and lumberjack, and died in Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training and studies in Europe, he taught at Valleyfield...
- François Hertel
- Louis Lachance
- Gustave Lamarche
- Rina LasnierRina LasnierRina Lasnier, was a Canadian, Québécoise poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville=Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal...
- Philippe PannetonPhilippe PannetonPhilippe Panneton was a Canadian physician, academic, diplomat and writer....
- Robert Rumilly
Deceased members
- André BarbeauAndré BarbeauAndré Barbeau, OC, MSRC was a French Canadian neurologist. He was known for his research into Parkinson's disease and Friedreich's ataxia and taurine research....
- Gérard BessetteGérard BessetteGérard Bessette was a French Canadian writer and educator.Bessette grew up in Montreal and attended the Collège Saint-Ignace...
- Roméo Boucher
- Michel BrunetMichel Brunet (historian)Michel Brunet was a Quebec historian and essayist. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the Université de Montréal and received his Ph.D. from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A....
- René de Chantal
- Roger Duhamel
- Fernand DumontFernand DumontFernand Dumont was a québécois sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet.Dumont was born in Montmorency, Quebec.Dumont died in Quebec.-External links:*...
- Jean Éthier-Blais
- Jean-Charles Falardeau
- Jean-Louis Gagnon
- Germaine GuèvremontGermaine GuèvremontGermaine Guèvremont, born Grignon was a Canadian writer, who was a prominent figure in Quebec literature....
- André LaurendeauAndré LaurendeauJoseph-Edmond-André Laurendeau was a journalist, politician, co-chair of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, and playwright in Quebec, Canada. He is usually referred to as André Laurendeau. He was active in Québécois life, in various spheres and capacities, for three decades...
- Andrée Maillet
- Jean Ménard
- Émile Ollivier
- Léopold Richer
- Simone Routier
- Paul Toupin
Current members
- Jacques Allard
- Jean-Louis Baudoin
- Yves BeaucheminYves BeaucheminYves Beauchemin is a Quebec novelist.Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Beauchemin received his degree in French literature and art history at the Université de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at the Collège Garneau and Université Laval...
- Gérald A. Beaudoin
- Lise BissonnetteLise BissonnetteLise Bissonnette, OQ is a Canadian writer and journalist.Born in Rouyn, Quebec, Bissonnette studied education science at the Université de Montréal from 1965 to 1970. She later pursed doctoral studies at the University of Strasbourg and the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. In 1974, she...
- Marie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire Blais, is a Canadian author and playwright.- Life :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she was educated at a convent school and at Université Laval. It was at Laval that she met Jeanne Lapointe and Father Georges Lévesque, who encouraged her to write and, in 1959, to publish her first...
- Gérard BouchardGérard BouchardGérard Bouchard is a historian, sociologist and writer from Quebec, Canada, affiliated with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Born in Jonquière, Quebec, he obtained his master's degree in sociology from Université Laval in 1968 and later obtained his PhD degree in history from the University...
- André Brochu
- Nicole BrossardNicole BrossardNicole Brossard, O.C. is a leading French Canadian formalist poet and novelist.She lives in Outremont, a former city in Montreal, Quebec. She wrote her first collection in 1965, Aube à la maison. The collection L'Echo bouge beau marks a break in the evolution of her poetry...
- Louis Caron
- Paul Chamberland
- Jean-Claude Corbeil
- Pierre de Grandpré
- Denise Desautels
- Hélène DorionHélène DorionHélène Dorion, OC, CQ is a Canadian poet, and writer.-Life:Dorion taught literature before heading Publisher Noroît from 1991 until 2000...
- Marcel DubéMarcel DubéMarcel Dubé, OC is a Canadian playwright. He has produced over 300 works for radio, television and the stage...
- Louise Dupré
- Jean-Pierre Duquette
- Jacques Folch-Ribas
- Madeleine Gagnon
- Lise Gauvin
- Suzanne JacobSuzanne JacobSuzanne Jacob is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic.Born in the town of Amos, in the Abitibi region of Québec, she studied classics at the Collège Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Nicolet, and also attended classes at the "Atelier de theatre" and the "École de...
- Naïm KattanNaïm KattanNaïm Kattan, is a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin.Born in Baghdad, Iraq, he studied at the University of Baghdad from 1945 until 1947 and at the Sorbonne from 1947 until 1951. He emigrated to Montreal in 1954...
- Monique LaRue
- Georges Leroux
- Claude Lévesque
- Louise Maheux-Forcier
- Antonine MailletAntonine MailletAntonine Maillet, is an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec....
- Clément MarchandClément MarchandClément Marchand is a Canadian author, poet and journalist and publisher. He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Quebec.-Awards:*1939 - Prix Athanase-David*1942 - Prix Athanase-David*1947 - Member of the Royal Society of Canada...
- Réginald Martel
- Pierre NepveuPierre NepveuPierre Nepveu is a famous French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. He specializes in Quebec modern poetry, in particular that of Gaston Miron...
- Madeleine Ouellette-MichalskaMadeleine Ouellette-MichalskaMadeleine Ouellette-Michalska is a Canadian writer from Quebec.She studied Arts in University of Montreal, University of Quebec and University of Sherbrooke, where she received a PhD degree in 1987...
- Jean-Guy PilonJean-Guy PilonJean-Guy Pilon, OC, CQ, FRSC is a Quebec poet.Born in Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec, he received a law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1954.-Honours:* In 1967, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada....
- Hubert ReevesHubert Reeves-External links: *...
- André Ricard
- Edmond Robillard
- Jean RoyerJean RoyerJean Royer was a French catholic and conservative politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours.-Mayor of Tours:...
- Fernande Saint-Martin
- Marcel Trudel
- Jean-Pierre WallotJean-Pierre WallotJean-Pierre Wallot, OC, FRSC, was a Canadian historian, educator, civil servant and former National Archivist of Canada....
Honorary members
- Vassilis Alexakis (GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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) - Alain BosquetAlain BosquetAlain Bosquet, born Anatole Bisk , was a French poet.-Life:In 1925, his family moved to Brussels and he studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, then at the Sorbonne....
(FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) - Andrée ChedidAndrée ChedidAndrée Chedid was a French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent.-Life:Chedid was born in Cairo on 20 March 1920. When she was ten, she was sent to a boarding school, where she learned English and French. At fourteen, she left for Europe. She then returned to Cairo to go...
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) - Maryse CondéMaryse CondéMaryse Condé is a Guadeloupean, French language author of historical fiction, best known for her novel Segu . Maryse Condé was born as Maryse Boucolon at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, the youngest of eight children. In 1953, her parents sent her to study at Lycée Fénelon and Sorbonne in Paris,...
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) - Vénus Khoury-GhataVénus Khoury-GhataVénus Khoury-Ghata is a Lebanese writer.In 1959, she was Miss Beirut.She married French researcher Jean Ghata. She collaborated on Europe magazine, directed by Louis Aragon, translating it into Arabic with other poets...
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) - Milan KunderaMilan KunderaMilan Kundera , born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981. He is best known as the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, and The Joke. Kundera has written in...
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