(1923-1986)
The Island Means Minago (POETRY 1975)
CHARLOTTETOWN / A World War II veteran and a carpenter by trade, Acorn was nicknamed the People’s Poet by his fellow poets after he failed to win a Governor General’s Literary Award in 1969 for I’ve Tasted My Blood. He won the award six years later for his unofficial folk history of Prince Edward Island. The subject of two National Film Board documentaries, Acorn was also the recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Prince Edward Island. In 1987, the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award was established in his memory.
José ACQUELIN
(1956)
Anarchie de la lumière (POÉSIE 2014)
MONTRÉAL / Educated at the Université de Montréal and the Université Toulouse, le …show more content…
In 1998, she moved in Canada and began work as an editor, a journalist and a radio and television announcer. As a novelist, poet, essayist and children’s writer, Apostolska has published over forty books.
Bernard ARCAND
(1945-2009)
Le jaguar et le tamanoir (ÉTUDES ET ESSAIS 1991)
QUÉBEC / An anthropologist trained at Cambridge University, Arcand wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Cuiva, a tribe of hunter-gatherers in the Amazon. Born in Deschambault, Quebec, he taught at Copenhagen University and at McGill University before taking a permanent position at the Université Laval. His award-winning book, Le jaguar et le tamanoir, contains a series of essays about pornography. In addition to his scientific work, Arcand hosted a radio program about anthropology, Lieux communs, in collaboration with Serge Bouchard. He also wrote Bien vu!, a light-hearted column in the journal Science Quebec.
François ARCHAMBAULT
(1968)
15 secondes (THÉÂTRE …show more content…
She also worked as director-general of the literary organization, Loisir littéraire du Québec. Le Don tells the story of Joëlle, an ordinary fourteen-year-old who inherits a journal that lets its owner see into the future. Le Don was the fourth title Beauchesne co-authored with David Schinkel.
Michel BEAULIEU
(1941-1985)
Visages (POÉSIE 1981)
MONTRÉAL / A poet, essayist, translator and novelist, Beaulieu studied at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and at the Université de Montréal before taking a post as editor, and then director, of the journal, Quartier Latin. He founded the journal Estérel in 1965 and co-founded Quoi in 1967. Beaulieu’s other awards include the Études françaises award for Variables, the Grand Prix du Journal de Montréal for Desseins and the Grand Prix du Festival international de la poésie for Kaléidoscope. His papers are held in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
Victor-Lévy BEAULIEU
(1945)
Don Quichotte de la démanche (ROMANS ET NOUVELLES