Régine Robin
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Régine Robin is a historian, novelist, translator and professor of sociology. Her prolific fiction and non-fiction, primarily on the themes of identity and culture and on the sociological practice of literature, have earned a number of awards, including the Governor-General's Award
in 1986. She has been described by Robert Saletti as "Montreal's grande dame of postmodernism".
Robin's published works include Le Cheval blanc de Lénine (1979); La Québécoite (1983), translated in 1989 as The Wanderer, (Martin and Beatrice Fischer Prize for Fiction); Le Réalisme socialiste: Une esthétique impossible (1987, Governor-General's Award
), translated by Stanford University Press in 1992 as Socialist Realism: An Impossible Aesthetic; Kafka (1989); L'immense fatigue des pierres (2001, Grand Prix du Livre de la Ville de Montréal), a collection of stories; Berlin chantiers (2001, Grand Prix du livre de la Ville de Montréal); La mémoire saturée (2003); and Cybermigrances : Traversées fugitives (2004).
Robin holds degrees from the Sorbonne in geography (1962) and history (1963) and doctorates from the Université de Dijon (1969) and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales de Paris (1989). She began her career as a history teacher in a Dijon lycée (1963–1967) and then lecturer at Université Paris X, but immigrated to Montreal in 1977. She took up her current post as a sociology professor at the Université du Québec à Montreal
in 1982, and co-founded Montreal's Inter-University Centre for Discourse Analysis and Sociocriticism of Texts in 1990.
Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction, created in 1959.-1960s:*1960: Paul Toupin, *1961: Jean Le Moyne, Convergences*1962: Gilles Marcotte, *1963: Gustave Lanctot, ...
in 1986. She has been described by Robert Saletti as "Montreal's grande dame of postmodernism".
Robin's published works include Le Cheval blanc de Lénine (1979); La Québécoite (1983), translated in 1989 as The Wanderer, (Martin and Beatrice Fischer Prize for Fiction); Le Réalisme socialiste: Une esthétique impossible (1987, Governor-General's Award
Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction, created in 1959.-1960s:*1960: Paul Toupin, *1961: Jean Le Moyne, Convergences*1962: Gilles Marcotte, *1963: Gustave Lanctot, ...
), translated by Stanford University Press in 1992 as Socialist Realism: An Impossible Aesthetic; Kafka (1989); L'immense fatigue des pierres (2001, Grand Prix du Livre de la Ville de Montréal), a collection of stories; Berlin chantiers (2001, Grand Prix du livre de la Ville de Montréal); La mémoire saturée (2003); and Cybermigrances : Traversées fugitives (2004).
Robin holds degrees from the Sorbonne in geography (1962) and history (1963) and doctorates from the Université de Dijon (1969) and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales de Paris (1989). She began her career as a history teacher in a Dijon lycée (1963–1967) and then lecturer at Université Paris X, but immigrated to Montreal in 1977. She took up her current post as a sociology professor at the Université du Québec à Montreal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
in 1982, and co-founded Montreal's Inter-University Centre for Discourse Analysis and Sociocriticism of Texts in 1990.
Honours
- In 1988 she was admitted to 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...
. - In 1994 she was made a Chevalier of the Ordre des palmes académiques (FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
). - In 1994 she received the Prix Jacques-Rousseau (AcfasAcfasAssociation francophone pour le savoir is the principal French-language learned society in Canada and, particularly, Quebec.The Acfas was founded in 1923 as the Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences . Its name was changed in 2001 to the Association francophone pour le...
) for interdisciplinary contributions.