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Victor-Lévy Beaulieu

ビクトール=レヴィ=ボリュイ

Viktoru-Rēvī-Boryui

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-09-02 (Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, Quebec)
Died
2025-06-09 (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Quebec) age 79
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, Quebec → Trois-Pistoles, Quebec → Montréal-Nord → Paris

Career

Occupations
Writer, Playwright, Editor
Active Years
1966-2025
Affiliations
National Theatre School of Canada, Radio-Canada, Les Éditions du Jour, Les Éditions de l'Aurore, VLB éditeur, Éditions Trois-Pistoles
Influenced By
Victor Hugo

Awards

Larousse-Hachette Prize
1967
Work: Essay on Victor Hugo
Organization: Larousse-Hachette
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
1974
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: 受賞
Prix France-Canada
1979
Result: 受賞
Ludger-Duvernay Prize
1981
Result: 受賞
Prix Jean-Béraud-Molson
1981
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mémoires d'outre-tonneau

1968 Novel

Race de monde

1969 Novel

La nuite de Malcomm Hudd

1969 Novel

Jos Connaissant

1970 Novel

Les Grands Pères

1971 Novel

Un rêve québécois

1972 Novel

Oh Miami Miami Miami

1973 Novel

Don Quichotte de la démanche

1974 Novel

Legacy

Important Quebec writer and publisher.

Trivia

  • In 2008, threatened to burn his entire body of work in protest against bilingualism in Quebec.
  • Caused controversy by calling Governor General Michaëlle Jean a 'negro queen'.