André Giroux (writer)

André Giroux (writer)

André Giroux (December 10 1916 – July 28 1977) was an award-winning Canadian writer of fiction. Giroux authored "Malgré tout, la joie", a series of short stories for which he received the Governor General's Award for French Canadian literature in 1959, as presented by the Canada Council. He was also a Montyon Prize winner.

Giroux was born in in Quebec City, Quebec. A member of the Royal Society of Canada, he died following an automobile accident on July 24 1977.

List of literary works

*"Au-delà des visages / Beyond the Faces" (1948 novel)
*"Le gouffre a toujours soif / The Bottomless Pit" (1953 novel)
*"14, rue de Galais / 14 Galais street" (television series, 1954-57)
*"Malgré tout, la joie / Despite Everything, the Joy!" (1958) — Winner, 1959 Governor General's Awards

André Giroux also authored articles in newspapers under the pseudonym "Rene de Villers".

Biographies

*"Analytical Bibliography of Andre Giroux", Yvette Giroux, 1949
*"Andre Giroux - the writer, the man, the poet", Mado of Isle, the Editions Arion, 1994

Awards and honours

*1949 - Montyon Prize of the French Academy
*1950 - Province of Quebec Prize
*1952 - Guggenheim Fellowship
*1959 - Governor General's Award for French language fiction

External links

* [http://felix.cyberscol.qc.ca/LQ/auteurG/giroux_a/giroux.html CyberScol: Quebec literature]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/literaryarchives/027011-200.057-e.html Literary Archives: André Giroux] provided by Library and Archives Canada


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