D. Y. Béchard
Encyclopedia
Deni Yvan Béchard is an Canadian
-American
novelist.
His novel, Vandal Love
(2006), won the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. It was a finalist for the 2009 Combat des livres, broadcast on Radio-Canada.
in 1997, from Middlebury College
, and from the University of Guelph
.
He was French editor at The Adirondack Review from 2002-2004.
He has lived throughout Canada, and the United States
.
He currently divides his time between Montreal
, Quebec
, and Cambridge
, Massachusetts
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
novelist.
His novel, Vandal Love
Vandal Love
Vandal Love is a novel by American-Canadian author D. Y. Béchard. It was first published in 2006 by Doubleday Canada.The novel follows generations of an unusual French-Canadian family across North America, and through the twentieth century, as they struggle to find their place in the world...
(2006), won the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. It was a finalist for the 2009 Combat des livres, broadcast on Radio-Canada.
Life
Béchard was born to French-Canadian and American parents. He graduated from Marlboro CollegeMarlboro College
Marlboro College is a small, coeducational, alternative liberal-arts college in Marlboro, Vermont, USA.-History:Marlboro College was founded in 1946 by Walter Hendricks for returning World War II veterans on Potash Hill in Marlboro, Vermont. The school's operation was initially financed using money...
in 1997, from Middlebury College
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...
, and from the University of Guelph
University of Guelph
The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...
.
He was French editor at The Adirondack Review from 2002-2004.
He has lived throughout Canada, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
He currently divides his time between Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, 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....
, and Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
.
External links
- "Disobedient Ancestors", Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 2 & 3 (Spring/Summer 2009)
- "La dérive du continent", Voir, Tristan Malavoy-Racine, 17 Janvier 2008