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Réjean Ducharme

レジャン・デュシャルム

Rejean Ducharme

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1941-08-12
Died
2017-08-21 （Montreal） age 76
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
French
Residence History
Montreal

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright
Active Years
1966-2017
Nominations
Nominated for 1994 Governor General's Award (Va savoir)

Awards

Governor General's Award
1966
Work: L'Avalée des avalés
Category: Poésie et théâtre
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: winner
Governor General's Award
1973
Work: L'Hiver de force
Category: Fiction
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: winner
Governor General's Award
1982
Work: Ha ha!...
Category: Drama
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Avalée des avalés

1966 novel

Ducharme's first novel, short-listed for Prix Goncourt, featuring themes of children rejecting the adult world.

Childhood perspectiveRejection of adult world
Translations
  • translated by Barbara Bray as The Swallower Swallowed
  • translated by Madeleine Stratford as Swallowed

Bibliography

  • L'Avalée des avalés (1966)
  • Le Nez qui voque (1967)
  • L'Océantume (1968)
  • La fille de Christophe Colomb (1969)
  • L'Hiver de force (1973)
  • Les Enfantômes (1976)
  • Good Riddance (1980)
  • Happy Memories (1982)
  • Ha ha!... (1982)
  • Dévadé (1990)
  • Va savoir (1994)
  • Gros mots (1999)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Reclusive style
Recurring Motifs
Rejection of the adult world by children

Legacy

Renowned Canadian French-language writer known for reclusive personality. A library in Montreal was renamed after him.

Archives

  • Library and Archives Canada (Fonds Réjean Ducharme)

In Popular Culture

  • His work is referenced in the film Léolo

Trivia

  • Reclusive author who never appeared in public after his first successful book in 1966.