Réjean Ducharme
Réjean Ducharme (August 12, 1941 – August 21, 2017) was a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright who resided in Montreal. He was known for his reclusive personality and did not appear at any public functions since his first successful book was published in 1966. A common theme of his early work was the rejection of the adult world by children.
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Réjean Ducharme
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- Name
- Réjean Ducharme
- Born
- 12 August 1941
- Died
- 21 August 2017
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- playwright · dramaturge · sculptor · novelist · writer
- Education
- Polytechnic School of Montreal
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship · Prix Québec-Paris · Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama · prix littéraire Canada-Communauté française de Belgique · Prix Athanase-David · Officer of the National Order of Quebec
- Languages
- French
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Réjean Ducharme (August 12, 1941 – August 21, 2017) was a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright who resided in Montreal. He was known for his reclusive personality and did not appear at any public functions since his first successful book was published in 1966. A common theme of his early work was the rejection of the adult world by children.
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L'Avalée des avalés (Swallowed), Ducharme's first novel, was short-listed for the 1966 Prix Goncourt, even though the author was only 24 years old and unknown. That same year, the book won the 1966 Governor General's Award for Poetry or Drama (Poésie et théâtre). L'Avalée des avalés later won the 2005 French version of Canada Reads, where it was defended by actress Sophie Cadieux. In the 1992 movie Léolo, the main character spends much of his time reading and thinking about L'Avalée des avalés. In 2017, Ducharme died of natural causes at age 76 in Montreal. In summer 2021, the city's Sud-Ouest borough renamed its library from the Bibliotheque Georges-Vanier to the Bibliothèque Réjean-Ducharme in his honour.
Réjean Ducharme studied at Polytechnic School of Montreal. The recorded working language is French. Work by Réjean Ducharme is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Prix Québec-Paris, Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama and prix littéraire Canada-Communauté française de Belgique.
Aus L'avalée des avalés
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Front cover of Réjean Ducharme's Le Nez qui voque in Gallimard's 1967 white collection edition.
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• Name — Réjean Ducharme • Born — 12 August 1941 • Died — 21 August 2017 • Language — French
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1941
Réjean Ducharme born at Saint-Félix-de-Valois.
2017
Réjean Ducharme died at Montreal.
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Saint-Félix-de-Valois.
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Réjean Ducharme received Guggenheim Fellowship, Prix Québec-Paris, Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama, prix littéraire Canada-Communauté française de Belgique, Prix Athanase-David and Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Recorded as playwright, dramaturge, sculptor, novelist and writer.
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