Émile Ollivier

Émile Ollivier (February 19, 1940 – November 10, 2002) was a Haitian-born educator and writer living in Quebec, Canada. He was considered one of the most important Haitian writers of his time.

He was born in Port-au-Prince and, after studying at the Lycée in Port-au-Prince, went on to study philosophy at the École normale supérieure d'Haïti and literature and psychology in France. Following the rise to power by François Duvalier, Ollivier left Haiti for France in 1964. In 1965, he came to Quebec,

In 1993, Ollivier was named a Chevalier in the National Order of Quebec. In 2000, he was named a Chevalier in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and was named a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec.

The was established by the Quebec Conseil supérieur de la langue française in 2004 and was awarded until 2014.

Selected works Source: 1946/1976: Trente ans de Pouvoir Noir en Haïti, essay (1976), with Cary Hector and Claude Moïse Paysage de l'aveugle, stories (1977) Mère-solitude, novel (1983), received the Prix Jacques Roumain La discorde aux cents voix, novel (1986), received the Grand Prix de la prose from Le Journal de Montréal Passages, novel (1991), received the Repenser Haïti; grandeur et misères d'un mouvement démocratique, essay (1992), with Claude Moïse Les urnes scellées, novel (1995), received the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde Mille Eaux, novel (1999) Repérages, essay (2001), was a finalist for a Governor General's Award for Literary Merit La Brûlerie, novel (2005), published after his death