Lorne Pierce Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (1959) Winner
Philippe Panneton
フィリップ・パンネトン
Firippu Paneton
Aliases:
Joseph-Philippe Panneton
Pen Names:
Ringuet（Pseudonym using his mother's maiden name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1895-04-30 （Trois-Rivières, Quebec）
- Died
- 1960-12-28 （Lisbon, Portugal） age 65
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- French, English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Trois-Rivières, Quebec → Montreal, Quebec → Lisbon, Portugal
Career
- Occupations
- physician, academic, diplomat, writer
- Active Years
- 1935-1960
- Affiliations
- Université de Montréal, Académie canadienne-française (now Académie des lettres du Québec)
- Memberships
- Académie des lettres du Québec
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Université Laval | Faculty of Medicine | Medicine | 医学学位 | ~1920 | Canada |
Université Laval
Faculty of Medicine
/ Medicine
Degree:
医学学位
Period:
~1920
Year of Graduation:
1920
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Governor General's Award for fiction | Thirty Acres | fiction | Government of Canada | winner |
| 1959 | Lorne Pierce Medal | — | — | Royal Society of Canada | winner |
Governor General's Award for fiction
1940
Work:
Thirty Acres
Category:
fiction
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
winner
Lorne Pierce Medal
1959
Organization:
Royal Society of Canada
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Thirty Acres
1938 novelA novel depicting the harsh life of farmers in rural Quebec and their attachment to thirty acres of land.
rural lifepioneer spiritCanadian identity
Translations
- English: Thirty Acres
- German: Dreißig Morgen Land
Bibliography
- Thirty Acres (Trente arpents, 1938)
- Their Empire Was a World (1943)
- The Legacy and Other Stories (1946)
- Counterfeit (1947)
- The Burden of the Day (1949)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realismdetailed rural depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- land and peasant lifeconflict between tradition and modernization
Legacy
Important Quebec writer known for depicting rural Quebec reality in 'Thirty Acres', winning Governor General's Award. Also active as physician and diplomat.
Trivia
- Pen name 'Ringuet' derived from his mother's maiden name.
- Buried at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.