Jacques Godbout
See also: Godbout (homonymy)
Jacques Godbout (November 27th 1933 with Montreal, Quebec -), is Romancier, Poète, Essayiste, Dramaturge, writer for children and Cinéaste. He became with the passing of years one of the most important writers of his generation, especially influencing the Quebec of the Quiet revolution.
Biography
He makes his traditional studies among Jesuits with the Collège Jean-with-Brébeuf. He obtains a control in letters of the Université of Montreal into 1954 before teaching the French with the Université of Addis-Abéba in Ethiopia until 1957.Of return to Canada in 1958, it becomes advertizing before entering to the National office of film of Canada as a Cinéaste - Scénariste. It takes part in several films, of which IXE-13 (1971) and Gammick .
He worked with Radio-Canada like Radio presenter. As a Journalist, he collaborated in different Magazine S and newspapers: the Topicality , Maclean' S , French Letters , Quoted free , Life of Arts and the Duty .
In 1968, it takes part in the foundation of the Mouvement Sovereignty-Association, which was to later on give rise to the Parti Québécois. It is one of the founders and the first president of the Union of the écrivaines and the Québécois writers, on March 21st, 1977.
He is the cofounder of multiple organizations, the such magazine Liberté (1959) and the laic Mouvement of French language (1962). In the years 1960, it wrote various tests on the Quiet revolution. Most important will be published in the Reformist (1975) and the commercial Murmur (1984).
Among its catalog of films, let us note four feature films and 15 Documentaire S. It also wrote ten novels for adults and two books for children.
For several years, it has held a literary chronicle in the Magazine the topicality .
Honors
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1962 - Price Quebec-Paris, the Aquarium
- 1967 - Price of the General governor, Galarneau Hello!
- 1972 - Literary prizes Radio-Canada
- 1973 - Price Georges Dupau, Of Love, P.Q.
- 1973 - Bucket merenti of patria
- 1973 - Price Ludger-Duvernay
- 1978 - Literary prize French Canada-Community of Belgium
- 1985 - Price Athanase-David
- 1994 - Grand Prix of the readers of It Quebec, the Time of Galarneau
- 1994 - Member of the royal Company of Canada
- 1997 - Finalist for the Price of the General governor
- 1998 - Knight of the National order of Quebec
- 2002 - Price Condorcet
- 2002 - honorary Doctorate of the University of Ottawa “to underline the exceptional contribution of Jacques Godbout to the radiation of the Québécois and Canadian culture”.
- 2003 - Prize list Communication-Youth of the preferred books of the young people
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