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Jacques Ferron

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Jacques Ferron

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-01-20 (Louiseville, Quebec, Canada)
Died
1985-04-22 (Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada) age 64
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Louiseville, Quebec → Rivière-Madeleine, Quebec → Montréal, Quebec → Longueuil, Quebec → Saint-Lambert, Quebec

Career

Occupations
physician, author
Active Years
1949-1985
Affiliations
Canadian Peace Congress
Memberships
Union des écrivains québécois (honorary)

Education

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Period: 1930年代
Country: Canada
expelled
Collège Saint-Laurent
Period: 1930年代
Country: Canada
Université Laval
Faculty of Medicine / Medicine
Degree: 医師
Period: 1941-1948
Year of Graduation: 1948
Country: Canada

Awards

Governor General's Award for French fiction
1962
Work: Contes du pays incertain
Category: French fiction
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: 受賞
Prix Athanase-David
1977
Organization: Quebec government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Contes du pays incertain

1962 Short stories

Tales from the uncertain country

Quebecpolitics

L'ogre

1949 Novel

The Ogre

Legacy

Canadian physician and author from Quebec, known for his literary works and political activism including Quebec independence and satirical politics.

In Popular Culture

  • His life was dramatized in Michèle Magny's 2004 play Un carré de ciel

Trivia

  • Founded the Rhinoceros Party
  • Ran as candidate for RIN
  • Denounced as communist by local priest