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Gilles Archambault

ジル・アルシャンボー

Jiru Arushanbō

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-09-19 (Montreal, Quebec)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
French
Residence History
Montreal, Quebec

Career

Occupations
novelist, journalist, radio columnist
Active Years
1963-2021
Affiliations
Radio-Canada

Education

Université de Montréal
Year of Graduation: 1957
Country: Canada

Awards

Prix Athanase-David
1981
Work: body of work
Organization: Gouvernement du Québec
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Award
1987
Work: L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions
Category: 小説
Organization: Governor General's Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions

1987 short prose pieces

A collection of short prose pieces.

human relations

Bibliography

  • 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)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise style
Recurring Motifs
everyday solitude

Legacy

Prominent Quebec novelist known for his prose and writings on jazz.

Archives

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