François Ricard (4 June 1947 – 17 February 2022) was a Canadian writer and academic from Quebec.[1] He was a professor of French literature at McGill University since 1980, including a special but not exclusive focus on the work of Milan Kundera and Gabrielle Roy,[2] and has published numerous works of non-fiction.
François Ricard | |
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 Ricard in 2017 | |
| Born | 4 June 1947 Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 17 February 2022 (aged 74) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer, academic |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1980s – 2022 |
| Notable works | La littérature contre elle-même, Gabrielle Roy, une vie |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize |
Biography edit
Born and raised in Shawinigan,[2] Ricard was educated at McGill University and the University of Provence.[2]
He was a founder of the literary journal Liberté,[2] has served on the editorial boards of the publishing houses Éditions Sentier and Éditions du Boréal,[2] and has contributed to both Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec as a literature reviewer and a host of documentary programming on Quebec literature and history.[2]
Ricard died in Montreal on 17 February 2022, at the age of 74.[3][4]
Awards edit
He won the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 1985 Governor General's Awards for La littérature contre elle-même,[1] and Gabrielle Roy: A Life, an English translation by Patricia Claxton of his 1996 book Gabrielle Roy, une vie, won the 1999 Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize[5] and the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 1999 Governor General's Awards.[6] The original French edition of Gabrielle Roy, une vie was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award at the 1997 Governor General's Awards,[7] and Le dernier après-midi d’Agnès: essai sur l’oeuvre de Milan Kundera was nominated at the 2003 Governor General's Awards.[8]
Works edit
- L'art de Félix-Antoine Savard dans « Menaud, maître-draveur », 1972
- Gabrielle Roy, 1972
- Une liaison parisienne, 1980
- Le Prince et la Ténèbre, 1980
- L'Incroyable odyssée, 1981
- La Littérature contre elle-même, 1985
- Guide de la littérature québécoise, 1988
- La Chasse-galerie et autres récits, 1989
- La Génération lyrique, 1992
- English translation The Lyric Generation, 1994
- René Richard : 1895-1982, 1993
- Gabrielle Roy : une vie, 1996
- English translation Gabrielle Roy: A Life, 1999
- Le Temps qui m'a manqué, 1997
- Le Pays de Bonheur d'occasion et autres récits autobiographiques épars et inédits
- Introduction à l'œuvre de Gabrielle Roy : 1945-1975, 2001
- (éd.) Gabrielle Roy, Mon cher grand fou, 2001
- Le Dernier Après-midi d'Agnès : essai sur l'œuvre de Milan Kundera, 2003
- Chroniques d'un temps loufoque, 2005
- Moeurs de province, 2014
References edit
- ^ a b "François Ricard: comme une grande province tranquille". La Presse, March 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f François Ricard at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Caillou, Annabelle. "L'essayiste François Ricard est décédé". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Francois Ricard[permanent dead link] (in French)
- ^ "Ricard wins biography prize". National Post, November 10, 1999.
- ^ "Winners of 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards". Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 1999.
- ^ "The Governor General's Awards". Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1997.
- ^ "Atwood's novel gets third citation". The Globe and Mail, October 21, 2003.
External links edit
- François Ricard at Les Éditions du Boréal