Jacques Godbout
Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ (born November 27, 1933) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet.
Jacques Godbout

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- Name
- Jacques Godbout
- Born
- 27 November 1933
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Occupation
- Film director Screenwriter Author Poet
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Fields
- opinion journalism, film, documentary film and Canadian literature in French.
- Education
- Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf.
- Honours
- Prix Québec-Paris, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Prix Athanase-David, Officer of the Order of Canada, Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and prix littéraire Canada-Communauté française de Belgique.
- Languages
- French.
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Jacques Godbout, recorded as a writer, was born on 27 November 1933 in Montréal.
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Biography
Biography
Jacques Godbout studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is opinion journalism, film and documentary film. Places of work recorded in the authority are Canada. Employment is recorded with National Film Board of Canada. Distinctions recorded are Prix Québec-Paris, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Prix Athanase-David and Officer of the Order of Canada.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jacques Godbout • Born — 27 November 1933 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — Film director Screenwriter Author Poet • Years Active — 1958–present
Biography
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, after studies at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and the Université de Montréal, Godbout taught French in Ethiopia before joining the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as producer and scriptwriter in 1958. He was active during Quebec's Quiet Revolution during which time he wrote a number of penetrating essays, the most important of which were collected in Le Réformiste (1975) and Le Murmure marchand (1984). Godbout was a co-founder of Liberté (1959), the Mouvement laïque de la langue française (1962) and the Union des écrivains Québécois (1977). Godbout's films include four full-length features and more than 15 documentaries. He has also written nine novels for adults and two for children. Godbout currently writes a monthly column in the Quebec newsmagazine L'actualité. Godbout lives in Outremont, a former city now in Montreal. He is the grand-nephew of former Quebec Premier Adélard Godbout. Godbout's novel Une histoire américaine (1986) was chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was championed by trade-union activist and professor Gérald Larose.
Poetry
Poetry
• Carton pâte — 1956 • Les pavés secs — 1958 • C'est la chaude loi des hommes — 1960 • La grande muraille de Chine — 1969 • Souvenirs Shop — poèmes et proses — 1984
Fiction
Fiction
• L'aquarium — 1962 • La couteau sur la table — 1965 (translated into English as The Knife on The Table) • Salut Galarneau! — 1967 (winner of the 1967 Governor General's Award for Fiction; translated into English as Hail Galarneau!) • D'amour P.Q. — 1972 • L'isle au dragon — 1976 (translated into English as Dragon Island) • Les têtes à Papineau — 1981 • Une histoire américaine — 1986 • Le temps des Galarneau — 1993 • Opération Rimbaud — 1999
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
• Le réformiste: textes tranquilles — 1975 • Le murmure marchand — 1984 • Abécédaire Québécois — 1988 • L'écran du bonheur — 1990 • L'écrivain de province: journal 1981–1990 — 1991 • L'ésprit du don — 1993 • Le sort de l'Amérique — 1997
Fiction
Fiction
• YUL 871 - 1966 • Kid Sentiment - 1967 • IXE-13 - 1971 • The Mob (La Gammick) - 1974
Documentaries
Documentaries
• À St-Henri le cinq septembre (narration) • Les Administrateurs • L'Affaire Norman William • Aimez-vous les chiens? • Alias Will James • Anglo Blues • Anne Hébert, 1916–2000 • Bientôt Noâl • Les Canadiens • Cinéma vérité: le moment décisif • Comme en Californie • Derrière l'image • Deux épisodes dans la vie d'Hubert Aquin • Les Dieux • Distorsions • L'École des peintres • En dernier recours • L'Extràme-Nord canadien • Fabienne sans son Jules • Feu l'objectivité • Les héritiers du mouton noir • Huit témoins • L'Invasion (1775–1975) • L'Invention du stress • Jacques de Tonnancour, une interview • Les Maîtres-sondeurs • Marée au Ghana • Le monde va nous prendre pour des sauvages • The Black Sheep (Le Mouton noir) • Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960) • Les Petits Arpents • Pour l'amour du stress • Pour quelques arpents de neige • Le Prospecteur et la Technique • Quand vient l'été • Québec Soft (La musique adoucit les moeurs) • Rose et Landry • Le Sort de l'Amérique • Tàtes blanches • Le Tir au fusil • Traitor or Patriot (Traître ou Patriote) • Travail d'équipe et Recherches agricoles • Les "Troubbes" de Johnny • Un monologue Nord-Sud • Une Leçon de chasse • Vivre sa ville • Les Vrais Cousins
Life and career
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Life and career
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1933
Jacques Godbout born at Montreal.
Awards and recognition
On June 30, 2016, Godbout was made an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston for "his significant contributions to the literary arts and critical thinking for more than half a century." His other awards and recognition include: • Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec • Ludger-Duvernay Prize (1973) • Awarded the 2007 Prix Maurice Genevoix for La concierge du Panthéon • Nominated for a 1997 Governor General's Award for children's literature for Une leçon de chasse • Winner of the Quebec government's Prix Athanase-David in 1985 • Prix Belgique-Canada (1978) • Winner of the 1967 Governor General's Award for Fiction for Salut Galarneau In 1973 Joseph Pivato published "Nouveau Roman Canadien" in Canadian Literature No. 58, the first English language analysis of Le couteau sur la table which he claims changed his whole career as a writer who has published fourteen books by 2023.
Children's literature
• Une leçon de chasse — 1997 (nominated for a Governor General's Award) • Mes petites fesses — 1998
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