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Claude Jasmin

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Claude Jasmin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-11-10 (Quebec)
Died
2021-04-28 age 90
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Montreal

Career

Occupations
journalist, broadcaster, writer, screenwriter
Active Years
1960-2021

Awards

Prix du Cercle du livre de France
1960
Result: 受賞
Prix Jean-Hamelin
1965
Work: Éthel et le terroriste
Result: 受賞
Prix Québec-Paris
1970
Work: La Sablière
Result: 受賞
Prix Ludger-Duvernay
1980
Result: 受賞
Prix France-Canada
1980
Work: La Sablière
Result: 受賞
Prix Athanase-David
2016
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Petite Patrie

1972 autobiographical novel

An autobiographical novel about growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Montreal in the 1940s.

working-classchildhoodQuébécois culture
Adaptations
  • [TV series] La Petite Patrie (1974)
  • [graphic novel] La Petite Patrie (2015)

La corde au cou

1960 crime novel

A novel about a remorseless killer.

crimemurder
Adaptations
  • [film] Rope Around the Neck / Pierre Patry (1965)

Éthel et le terroriste

1965 novel

La Sablière

1970 novel

Adaptations

  • La Petite Patrie TV series (1974-1976)
  • Rope Around the Neck (film, 1965)
  • Deliver Us from Evil (film, 1969)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
prolific writer
Recurring Motifs
pioneer of crime novel genre

Legacy

Considered a classic of Québécois literature; the neighbourhood in La Petite Patrie was renamed Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie in his honour.