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Gilles Archambault

b. 1933

Canadian writer

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Born 1933. Gilles Archambault is a Canadian writer, novelist, radio personality, short story writer, poet and playwright.

Gilles Archambault (born September 19, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone novelist from Quebec, Canada.

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 the 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 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) Qui de nous deux?, Montréal, Boréal (2011) Lorsque le cœur est sombre, Montréal, Boréal (2013) Doux Dément, Montréal, Boréal (2015) Il se fait tard, Montréal, Boréal (2021)

Anthologies

Autobiographical works Un après-midi de septembre (concerning his mother's disappearance) Qui de nous deux? (2011)

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Université de Montréal
Awards
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction; Prix Athanase-David

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Gilles Archambault's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Gilles Archambault?

Canadian writer

When was Gilles Archambault born?

Gilles Archambault was born on 19 September 1933 in Montreal.

What is Gilles Archambault's occupation?

Gilles Archambault is a writer, novelist, radio personality, short story writer, poet and playwright.

What nationality is Gilles Archambault?

Gilles Archambault is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Gilles Archambault

· Wikidata: Q3106074

· DBpedia: Gilles Archambault

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