Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (touche-à-tout), Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.
The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
The Governor General's Award for French-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for English-to-French translation awarded by the Governor-General of Canada.
Michel Jean is a Canadian television journalist and author. He is currently the weekend anchor of TVA Nouvelles on TVA, and was formerly an anchor on TVA's newsmagazine JE and for the 24-hour news channel RDI.
Louise Archambault is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter. She is best known for her films Familia, which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005, and Gabrielle, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014.
The Prix Ringuet is a Canadian literary award, presented each year by the Académie des lettres du Québec to an author from Quebec for a book of French-language fiction. First presented in 1983 as the Prix Molson, the award was later renamed for novelist Philippe Panneton, who wrote under the pen name Ringuet and was a founding member of the Académie.
Jeanne-Mance Delisle is a Quebec writer.
The Prix France-Québec is a Canadian literary award, presented to a Canadian French language writer who has published work in either Canada or France.
Marie-Hélène Poitras is a Canadian writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
Rhonda Mullins is a Canadian literary translator, who won the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for Twenty-One Cardinals, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's Les Héritiers de la mine.
Richard Comeau is a Canadian film editor.
Claude La Haye is a Canadian production sound mixer, best known internationally as the sound mixer of Arrival (2016), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing. He has been sound mixer/recordist/engineer on many prominent films shot in the province of Quebec including The Red Violin (1998), The Human Stain (2003), Taking Lives (2004), My Internship in Canada (2015), Brooklyn (2015), and Race (2016).
François Gravel is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Most noted as an author of literature for children and young adults, he has also published a number of adult novels.
And the Birds Rained Down is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Louise Archambault. An adaptation of the novel by Jocelyne Saucier, the film centres on a group of senior citizens living off-the-grid in a wilderness setting, whose orderly and quiet lives are threatened by changes in their personal group dynamics after the death of the group leader and the arrival of a new outsider.
Céline Huyghebaert is a French-born Canadian writer and artist, who won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction for her novel Le drap blanc at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.
The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin was also selected as the recipient of the Iris Tribute at the unanimous recommendation of Québec Cinéma's Comité de représentation professionnelle.
Claude Beausoleil was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist.
The Grand prix du roman métis is a French literary award established in 2010 by the city of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion. It rewards a French-language novel published less than a year ago and which emphasizes the values of multiracialism, multiculturalism and humanism. The institution also awards each year the Prix du roman métis des lycéens and the Prix du roman métis des lecteurs de la ville de Saint-Denis. Each prize is worth 5000 euros.
Audrée Wilhelmy is a Canadian writer from Quebec.
