Prix Médicis
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Edition 9 (1966) Winner
Marie-Claire Blais
マリー＝クレール・ブレ
Marī-Kurēru Bure
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1939-10-05 （Quebec City, Quebec, Canada）
- Died
- 2021-11-30 （Key West, Florida, U.S.） age 82
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Quebec City → Paris → Cambridge, Massachusetts → Wellfleet, Massachusetts → Brittany, France → Montréal → Eastern Townships → Key West
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, playwright, poet
- Active Years
- 1959-2021
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Canada, Académie des lettres du Québec
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Canada, Académie des lettres du Québec
- Influenced By
- Edmund Wilson, Jeanne Lapointe, Georges-Henri Lévesque
- Influenced
- Michel Tremblay
- Nominations
- Governor General's Award nominee (2001, Dans la foudre et la lumière), Governor General's Award nominee (2005, Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Université Laval | — | — | — | 17歳時の数クラス | Canada |
| Université de Montréal | — | — | — | 1993–1997, 2002–2003 | Canada |
Université Laval
Period:
17歳時の数クラス
Country:
Canada
Met Jeanne Lapointe
Université de Montréal
Period:
1993–1997, 2002–2003
Country:
Canada
Honorary degree (2012)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Governor General's Award for French-language fiction | Les manuscrits de Pauline Archange | — | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Governor General's Award for French-language fiction | Le sourd dans la ville | — | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Governor General's Award for French-language fiction | Soifs | — | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Governor General's Award for French-language fiction | Naissance de Rebecca à l'ère des tourments | — | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | 創作芸術 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
1969
Work:
Les manuscrits de Pauline Archange
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
1979
Work:
Le sourd dans la ville
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
1996
Work:
Soifs
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
2008
Work:
Naissance de Rebecca à l'ère des tourments
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Category:
創作芸術
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Prix Athanase-David
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Edition 14 (1982) Winner
Works
Major Works
La Belle Bête (Mad Shadows)
1959 NovelA shocking debut novel depicting a twisted family relationship.
beautyuglinessfamily breakdown
Adaptations
- [Ballet] La belle bête (1977)
- [Film] La Belle Bête / Karim Hussain (2006)
Translations
- Mad Shadows
Bibliography
- La Belle Bête (1959)
- Tête blanche (1960)
- A Season in the Life of Emmanuel (1965)
- The Manuscripts of Pauline Archange (1968)
- Deaf to the City (1979)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- stream-of-consciousnessmeandering long sentencesno chapters or paragraph breaks
- Recurring Motifs
- sufferingwhite supremacynuclear holocaustAIDS epidemic
Legacy
One of Quebec's foremost writers, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award four times, profoundly influencing French-language literature in the late 20th century.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Canada
Archives
- Library and Archives Canada (Fonds Marie-Claire Blais, R11710)
Trivia
- Longtime partner was painter and writer Mary Meigs.
- The Soifs series features over 100 characters in an island town modeled on Key West.