Prix Athanase-David
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Edition 40 (2008) Winner
Suzanne Jacob
スザンヌ・ジャコブ
Suzanne Jacob
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1943 （Amos, Quebec, Canada）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Amos, Quebec → Nicolet, Quebec → Montreal
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Singer-songwriter, Critic
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- Academy of Arts and Letters of Quebec
- Memberships
- Academy of Arts and Letters of Quebec
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de l'Assomption | — | Classics | — | — | Canada |
| Université de Montréal | — | Literature and Art History | — | — | Canada |
Collège Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Classics
Country:
Canada
Université de Montréal
Literature and Art History
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Governor General's Award for French-language fiction | Laura Laur | — | Canada Council | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Governor General's Award for French-language poetry | La Part de feu | — | Canada Council | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Prix Paris-Québec | Laura Laur | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Prix du Patriote | — | 歌手ソングライター・オブ・ザ・イヤー | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Félix-Antoine-Savard poetry prize | Ils ont été nombreux à répondre | — | — | 受賞 |
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
1983
Work:
Laura Laur
Organization:
Canada Council
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Award for French-language poetry
1998
Work:
La Part de feu
Organization:
Canada Council
Result:
受賞
Prix Paris-Québec
1983
Work:
Laura Laur
Result:
受賞
Prix du Patriote
1970
Category:
歌手ソングライター・オブ・ザ・イヤー
Result:
受賞
Félix-Antoine-Savard poetry prize
2007
Work:
Ils ont été nombreux à répondre
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Laura Laur
1983 NovelA novel about family and loss.
FamilyLoss
Adaptations
- [Film] Laura Laur / Brigitte Sauriol (1989)
Bibliography
- Flore Cocon (1978)
- Laura Laur (1983)
- La Passion selon Galatée (1987)
- L'Obéissance (1991)
- Rouge, mère et fils (2001)
- Wells (2003)
- Fugueuses (2005)
- Life, After All (1989)
- Maude (1997)
- Les Aventures de Pomme Douly (1988)
- A Beach in Maine (1993)
- Parlez-moi d'amour (1998)
- Poèmes I – Gémellaires (1980)
- Les Écrits de l'eau (1996)
- La Part de feu (1997)
- Ils ont été nombreux à répondre (2007)
- La Bulle d'encre (1997)
- Comment pourquoi (2002)
- Ah—! (1996)
Translations of Works
- Fugueuses → Fugitives (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Use of fiction to create discrepancies, breaks, and uncertainty
- Recurring Motifs
- Challenging the rigidity of fundamentalism
Legacy
Important figure in Quebec literature, twice winner of Governor General's Award.
Archives
- Library and Archives Canada
Quotes
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From the beginning she has continually tried to use fiction as a way of creating discrepancies, breaks, and uncertainty in the monolithic set of beliefs that surround us, and that without these discrepancies nothing would shake the rigidity of fundamentalism.
Source: La Bulle d'encre (2001)