Yvon Rivard

Yvon Rivard (born August 20, 1945 at Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time Governor General's Award winner, receiving the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1986 for Les silences du corbeau,[1] and the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction in 2013 for Aimer, enseigner.[2]

He was a longtime professor of creative writing at McGill University until his retirement in 2008.[3]

He won the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal in 1996 for his novel Le Milieu du jour.[4] As a screenwriter, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992 for Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme), cowritten with Jacques Leduc.[5]

Works

  • Pierre Vadeboncœur, un homme libre (1974)
  • Mort et naissance de Christophe Ulric (1976)
  • Frayère (1976)
  • L'Imaginaire et le quotidien (1978)
  • Les Silences du corbeau (1986, ISBN 2-89052-167-2)
  • Le Bout cassé de tous les chemins (1993, ISBN 2-89052-554-6)
  • Le Milieu du jour (1995, ISBN 2-89052-726-3)
  • L'Ombre et le Double (1996, ISBN 2-89052-762-X)
  • Le Siècle de Jeanne (2005, ISBN 2-7646-0321-5)
  • Personne n'est une île, (2006, ISBN 978-2-7646-0467-0)
  • Une idée simple (2010, ISBN 978-2-7646-2026-7)
  • Aimer, enseigner (2012, ISBN 978-2-7646-2204-9)

References

  1. ^ "Yvon Rivard honored for French-language fiction; Munro wins top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 1987.
  2. ^ "Stephanie Pelletier remporte un Prix litteraire du Gouverneur general". Canadian Press, November 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "Le testament d'Yvon Rivard". Le Devoir, February 9, 2013.
  4. ^ "Blais, Vanderhaeghe share fiction award". Montreal Gazette, November 13, 1996.
  5. ^ "French-Canadian films steal Genie show Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 1992.


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