Gilles Archambault
Illustration — Gilles Archambault during a presentation in 2016 Gilles Archambault (born September 19, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone novelist from Quebec, Canada. He studied at the Université de Montréal in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist. From 1988 to 1997, he broadcast a column on the "CBF Bonjour" program.
Gilles Archambault

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- 1933 · Montreal.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- writer · novelist · radio personality · poet · playwright · television journalist · radio journalist
- Fields
- literature · radio · television · radio broadcasting
- Education
- Université de Montréal
- Honours
- Governor General's Award for French-language fiction · Prix Athanase-David
- Languages
- French · English
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Illustration — Gilles Archambault during a presentation in 2016 Gilles Archambault (born September 19, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone novelist from Quebec, Canada. He studied at the Université de Montréal in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist. From 1988 to 1997, he broadcast a column on the "CBF Bonjour" program.
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Gilles Archambault (born 1933) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and poet, among other activities. The novelist was born in Montreal.
Gilles Archambault studied at Université de Montréal. The novelist is active in literature, radio and radio broadcasting.
Languages used include English and French. Works by Gilles Archambault are held at print collection of the national Library of BAnQ. The novelist received Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and Prix Athanase-David.
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• Un après-midi de septembre (concerning his mother's disappearance) • Qui de nous deux? (2011)
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1933
Gilles Archambault was born on 19 September 1933.
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His work appeared in La Presse, Le Devoir, L'Actualité, and Le Livre d'ici. He won the Prix Athanase-David in 1981 for his body of work, and a Governor General's Award in 1987 for L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions, a collection of short prose pieces. He has also written extensively about jazz. His papers are held at the Library of Canada.
Gilles Archambault studied at Université de Montréal. The recorded working language is French and English. The field of work recorded is literature, radio and television. Work by Gilles Archambault is recorded in the collections of print collection of the national Library of BAnQ. Distinctions recorded are Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and Prix Athanase-David.
• Une suprême discrétion (1963) • La vie à trois (1965) • Le tendre matin (1969) • Parlons de moi (1970) • La fleur aux dents (1971) • Enfances lointaines (1972), stories • La fuite immobile (1974) • Les Pins parasols (1976) • Stupeurs et autres écrits (1979), stories • Le voyageur distrait (1981) • À voix basse (1983) • L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions (1987) (winner of the 1987 Governor General's Award for fiction) • Les choses d'un jour (1991) • Un après-midi de septembre (1993) • Un homme plein d'enfance (1996) • Les Maladresses du cœur (1998) • Courir à sa perte (2000) • De si douce dérives (2003), stories • De l'autre côté du pont (2004) • Les Rives prochaines (2007) • Nous étions jeunes encore (2009) • Qui de nous deux?, Montréal, Boréal (2011) • Lorsque le cœur est sombre, Montréal, Boréal (2013) • Doux Dément, Montréal, Boréal (2015) • Il se fait tard, Montréal, Boréal (2021)
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Gilles Archambault received Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and Prix Athanase-David. Recorded as having received Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and Prix Athanase-David.
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