Jacques Folch-Ribas | |
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Born | November 4, 1928 Barcelona, Spain |
Occupation | novelist, art critic |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1970s-present |
Notable works | Une aurore boréale, Le silence, ou Le parfait bonheur |
Notable awards | Prix Québec-Paris (1974) Prix Molson (1983) Governor General's Award for French-language fiction (1988) |
Jacques Folch-Ribas (born November 4, 1928, in Barcelona, Spain) is a Canadian novelist and art critic from Quebec. [1]
Born in Barcelona, Spain to Catalan parents, he grew up in France after his parents fled Francoist Spain in 1939. [2] He studied mathematics, philosophy, urban planning and architecture at university, and worked for Le Corbusier, before moving to Montreal, where he became a Canadian citizen in 1961. [1] In Montreal, he was a longtime art and literary critic for La Presse alongside his work as a novelist. [1]
He won the Prix Québec-Paris in 1974 for Une aurore boréale, [1] the Prix Molson in 1983 for Le Valet de plume, and the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1988 for Le silence, ou Le parfait bonheur. [1] He is a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec. [1]
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