Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1992) Winner
Roch Carrier
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Roch Carrier
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-05-13 （Sainte-Justine, Quebec）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Quebec
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, playwright
- Active Years
- 1964-
- Affiliations
- Canada Council, National Library of Canada, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collège St-Louis | — | Literature | — | — | Canada |
| Université de Montréal | — | Literature | — | — | Canada |
| Sorbonne | — | Literature | 博士号 | — | France |
Collège St-Louis
Literature
Country:
Canada
New Brunswick
Université de Montréal
Literature
Country:
Canada
Sorbonne
Literature
Degree:
博士号
Country:
France
Paris
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Order of Canada | — | オフィサー | Government of Canada | 受賞 |
| — | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | — | — | Royal Society of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour | Prayers of a Very Wise Child | — | — | 受賞 |
Order of Canada
1991
Category:
オフィサー
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
受賞
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Organization:
Royal Society of Canada
Result:
受賞
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
1992
Work:
Prayers of a Very Wise Child
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Hockey Sweater
1979 Short storyA boy orders a Montreal Canadiens sweater but receives a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, allegory for English-French tensions in Canada.
Canadian identitylinguistic conflictcultural conflict
Adaptations
- [Animated short film] The Hockey Sweater / Sheldon Cohen (1980)
Translations
- English translation available
Bibliography
- Jolis deuils: Petites tragédies pour adults — 1964
- La Guerre, Yes Sir! — 1970
- Floralie, Where Are You? — 1971
- Is It the Sun, Philibert? — 1972
- They Won't Demolish Me! — 1974
- The Garden of Delights — 1978
- No Country Without Grandfathers — 1981
- The Hockey Sweater and other stories — 1979
- Les voyageurs de l'arc-en-ciel — 1980
- The Celestial Bicycle
- Lady with Chains
- Le cirque noir — 1982
- Ne faites pas mal à l'avenir — 1984
- Heartbreaks Along The Road
- La fleur et autres personages — 1985
- Un chameau en Jordanie — 1988
- Enfants de la planète — 1989
- The Man in the Closet
- Le cannot dans les nuages — 1991
- Prayers of a Very Wise Child
- The End
- The Lament of Charlie Longsong
- Prayers of a Young Man
- Une chaise — 1999
- Les moines dans la tour — 2004
- My life with Maurice Richard
- Montcalm and Wolfe — 2014
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- magical realismsatireflowery and descriptive writing
- Recurring Motifs
- satire of political and religious figuresexaggerated personalities
Legacy
Prominent Quebec writer known in English Canada. 'The Hockey Sweater' quoted on Canadian $5 bill. Schools named after him.
In Popular Culture
- Quoted on the Canadian five-dollar bill
- Schools named in Ontario: Woodstock and Kanata
Quotes
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(Specific quote from 'The Hockey Sweater' on $5 bill)
Source: The Hockey Sweater (1979)
Trivia
- His story quoted on back of Canadian $5 bill
- Trilogy sold better in English than French
- Served as head of Canada Council