Prix Ringuet (Ringuet Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2012) Winner
Jocelyne Saucier
ジョスリーヌ・ソシエ
Josurīnu Soshie
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1948-05-27 （Clair, New Brunswick）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Clair, New Brunswick → Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, journalist
- Active Years
- 1996-2024
- Nominations
- 1996 Governor General's Award finalist (La Vie comme une image), 2001 Prix France-Québec finalist (Les Héritiers de la mine), 2006 Governor General's Award finalist (Jeanne sur les routes), 2013 Governor General's Award for French to English translation finalist (And the Birds Rained Down)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Université Laval | — | Political science | — | — | Canada |
Université Laval
Political science
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Prix Ringuet | Il pleuvait des oiseaux | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Prix France-Québec | Il pleuvait des oiseaux | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie | Il pleuvait des oiseaux | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada | Il pleuvait des oiseaux | — | Radio-Canada | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Prix littéraire des collégiens | Il pleuvait des oiseaux | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix Ringuet
2012
Work:
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
Result:
受賞
Prix France-Québec
2011
Work:
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
Result:
受賞
Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie
2012
Work:
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
Result:
受賞
Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada
2012
Work:
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
Organization:
Radio-Canada
Result:
受賞
Prix littéraire des collégiens
2012
Work:
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
2011 fictionStory of old men living in the forest, dealing with fire and past secrets.
solitudenatureagingdeath
Adaptations
- [film] And the Birds Rained Down / Louise Archambault (2019)
Translations
- English: And the Birds Rained Down (translated by Rhonda Mullins)
Bibliography
- La Vie comme une image (1996) / House of Sighs (2001)
- Les Héritiers de la mine (2000) / Twenty-One Cardinals (2015)
- Jeanne sur les routes (2006) / Jeanne's Road (2010)
- Il pleuvait des oiseaux (2011) / And the Birds Rained Down (2012)
- À train perdu (2020) / And Miles To Go Before I Sleep (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic proserich nature descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- forest and natureaging and deathhidden pasts
Legacy
Prominent French-language Canadian novelist from Quebec, known for exploring human-nature relationships.
In Popular Culture
- Selected for Canada Reads 2015
- Selected for Le Combat des livres 2013
Trivia
- Acadian writer
- Born in New Brunswick, based in Quebec