Gilbert La Rocque
Gilbert La Rocque (April 29, 1943 - November 26, 1984) was a Canadian writer from Quebec. He was most noted for his novel Les masques, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1980 Governor General's Awards and won the Prix Suisse-Canada in 1981. Gilbert La Rocque was born in Montreal, La Rocque worked as a bank teller and as a clerk at the city hall of Montréal-Nord prior to the publication of his first novel Le Nombril in 1970.
Gilbert La Rocque
- Born
- 1943 · Montreal.
- Died
- 1984
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet · writer · biographer · novelist · playwright · publisher
- Fields
- literature · poetry · publishing
- Honours
- Prix Suisse-Canada
- Languages
- French
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Gilbert La Rocque (April 29, 1943 - November 26, 1984) was a Canadian writer from Quebec. He was most noted for his novel Les masques, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1980 Governor General's Awards and won the Prix Suisse-Canada in 1981. Gilbert La Rocque was born in Montreal, La Rocque worked as a bank teller and as a clerk at the city hall of Montréal-Nord prior to the publication of his first novel Le Nombril in 1970.
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Gilbert La Rocque (1943–1984) was a biographer, novelist and playwright, among other activities, of Canadian nationality. The biographer was born in Montreal. Activity centred on literature, poetry and publishing.
Languages used include French. Honours include Prix Suisse-Canada.
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During his writing career, he was also editorial director of the publishing houses Éditions l'Homme, Éditions de l'Aurore and Éditions Québec-Amérique. Following his death, his correspondence with writer Gérard Bessette was published in 1994.
• Le Nombril (1970) • Corridors (1971) • Après la boue (1972) • Serge d'entre les morts (1976) • Les Masques (1980) • Le Passager (1984)
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Plays
• Le Refuge (1979)
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• Provencher, le dernier des coureurs de bois (1974) • Le Voleur (1976, with Claude Jodoin) • Gérard Bessette et Gilbert La Rocque - correspondance (1994)
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1943
Gilbert La Rocque born at Montreal.
1984
Gilbert La Rocque died.
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- 1."Gilbert La Rocque". The Canadian Encyclopedia, May 7, 2009.
- 2.1980 . Québec-Amérique.
- 3.New, W. H., Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. .
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