Jean-Paul Pinsonneault

Jean-Paul Pinsonneault (1923 - 1978) was a Canadian writer, who won the Prix Québec-Paris[1] and the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1964 for his novel Les terres sèches.[2] He also published the plays Cette terre de faim, Electre and Terre d'aube,[3] and the novels Jérôme Aquin, Le mauvais pain and Les abîmes de l'aube.

Les terres sèches was one of the first novels in Quebec history to directly address LGBT themes.[4]

He was also the publisher of Éditions Fides,[3] as well as a magazine editor.[3]

References

  1. ↑ New, W. H., Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619. p. 79.
  2. ↑ "Vanier presents literary awards". Ottawa Journal, April 27, 1965.
  3. 1 2 3 Fonds Jean-Paul Pinsonneault. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
  4. ↑ Warner, Tom. Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802036082. p. 54.


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