Gilles Archambault
Encyclopedia
Gilles Archambault is a Canadian
/Québécois
novelist.
He studied at the Université de Montréal
in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist. From 1988 to 1997, he broadcast a column on the "CBF Bonjour" program.
His work appeared in La Presse, Le Devoir, L'Actualité, and Le Livre d'ici.
He won the Prix Athanase-David
in 1981 for his body of work, and a Governor General's Award
in 1987 for L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions, a collection of short prose pieces.
He has also written extensively about jazz
.
His papers are held at Library of Canada.
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...
/Québécois
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
novelist.
He studied at the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist. From 1988 to 1997, he broadcast a column on the "CBF Bonjour" program.
His work appeared in La Presse, Le Devoir, L'Actualité, and Le Livre d'ici.
He won the Prix Athanase-David
Prix Athanase-David
The Prix Athanase-David is a literary award presented annually by the government of Quebec as part of the Prix du Québec to a Quebec writer, to honour the body of his or her work....
in 1981 for his body of work, and a Governor General's Award
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
in 1987 for L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions, a collection of short prose pieces.
He has also written extensively about jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
.
His papers are held at Library of Canada.
Novels and Short Story Collections
- Une suprême discrétion (1963)
- La vie à trois (1965)
- Le tendre matin (1969)
- Parlons de moi (1970)
- La fleur aux dents (1971)
- Enfances lointaines (1972), stories
- La fuite immobile (1974)
- Les Pins parasols (1976)
- Stupeurs et autres écrits (1979), stories
- Le voyageur distrait (1981)
- À voix basse (1983)
- L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions (1987) (winner of the 1987 Governor General's Award for fiction1987 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1987 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:...
) - Les choses d'un jour (1991)
- Un après-midi de septembre (1993)
- Un homme plein d'enfance (1996)
- Les Maladresses du cœur (1998)
- Courir à sa perte (2000)
- De si douce dérives (2003), stories
- De l'autre côté du pont (2004)
- Les Rives prochaines (2007)
- Nous étions jeunes encore (2009)