Clément Marchand
Encyclopedia
Clément Marchand is a Canadian author, poet and journalist and publisher. He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
, Quebec
.
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Quebec
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located along the Batiscan River.- References :...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
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Awards
- 1939 - Prix Athanase-DavidPrix Athanase-DavidThe Prix Athanase-David is a literary award presented annually by the government of Quebec as part of the Prix du Québec to a Quebec writer, to honour the body of his or her work....
- 1942 - Prix Athanase-DavidPrix Athanase-DavidThe Prix Athanase-David is a literary award presented annually by the government of Quebec as part of the Prix du Québec to a Quebec writer, to honour the body of his or her work....
- 1947 - Member of the Royal Society of CanadaRoyal Society of CanadaThe Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
- 1981 - :fr:Grand prix littéraire de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Mauricie
- 1984 - Member of the Ordre des francophones d’Amérique
- 2000 - Knight of the National Order of QuebecNational Order of QuebecThe National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as l'Ordre national du Québec, and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec...
- Member of the Académie des lettres du QuébecAcadémie des lettres du QuébecThe Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers.It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québec, under much controversy.It brings together writers and...
- Member of the Société des écrivains français
Works (selected)
- Les Soirs rouges (1939)
- Vanishing Villages: Tales from the Countryside (Guernica Editions, Canada, 1992).
Further reading
- Lumley, Elizabeth. Canadian Who's Who 2002 (University of Toronto Press, 2002), p858.
External links
- Clément Marchand Biography (jrank.org)