Jacques Folch-Ribas

Jacques Folch-Ribas
Born	(1928-11-04) November 4, 1928 (age 96) 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]

Works

• La horde des Zamé (Le démolisseur) (1970)
• Le greffon (1971)
• Une aurore boréale (1974)
• Le Valet de plume (1983)
• La chair de pierre (1984)
• Dehors, les chiens (1986)
• Première nocturne (1991)
• Marie Blanc (1993)
• Homme de plaisir (1999)
• Le silence, ou Le parfait bonheur (1999)
• Des années, des mois, des jours (2001)
• Les pélicans de Géorgie (2009)
• Paco (2011)

References

1. "Jacques Folch-Ribas" at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
2. "Les zones de l'enfance de Jacques Folch-Ribas". Le Devoir , February 5, 2011.