Melchior Mbonimpa (born 1955) is a Burundian-Canadian writer. [1] He is most noted for his novel Les morts ne sont pas morts, which won the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2006. [2] He was previously a finalist for the same award in 2002 for Le totem des Baranda, [3] and in 2004 for Le dernier roi faiseur de pluie. [4]
A professor of philosophy in the department of religious studies at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, he has written both novels and non-fiction work on African politics. [5] In 2019, he was named one of the 25 most important Black Canadian personalities in Franco-Ontarian culture by Ici Radio-Canada. [5]
Le totem des Baranda was selected for the 2021 edition of Le Combat des livres , where it was defended by filmmaker Tanya Lapointe. [6]
Hédi André Bouraoui is a Tunisian/Canadian poet, novelist and academic, who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries.
Prise de parole is a Canadian book publishing company. Located in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the company publishes French language literature, primarily but not exclusively by Franco-Ontarian authors.
Marguerite Andersen was a German-born Canadian francophone writer and educator writer, who was based in Toronto, Ontario, where she was a teacher at the Toronto Linden School.
Hélène Koscielniak is a Franco-Ontarian educator and writer.
Andrée Christensen is a Franco-Ontarian writer and visual artist.
Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen was a Romanian-born Canadian writer, educator, engineer and geologist.
Estelle Beauchamp is a Canadian educator and writer.
Le Combat des livres is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Première in Canada. A French edition of the Canada Reads competition, the program was launched in 2004. It aired annually from 2004 to 2014, and was then discontinued until being revived in 2018.
Patrice Desbiens is a Francophone Canadian poet. He was born in Timmins, Ontario and began his career as a journalist. Since making his literary debut in 1972, he has been regarded as one of Canada's most successful French-language poets.
Alain Blottière is a French writer
Gérard Pussey is a French writer and novelist.
Franco Catanzariti is a Canadian playwright, whose play Sahel was staged by the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario and published by Prise de parole in 2003. It was a shortlisted finalist for the Trillium Book Award and the Governor General's Award for French-language drama, and won the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto, in 2004.
The Salon du livre de Toronto is an annual book fair in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, held to celebrate and publicize French language literature. Launched in 1993 as the first French language book fair in Canada outside Quebec, the event features a program of author readings, panel discussions and publisher exhibitions over the course of several days in the fall of each year. It concentrates primarily on Franco-Ontarian authors, although publishers and writers from Quebec and France also participate.
Gaétan Gervais, was a Canadian author, historian and university professor, most noted as a prominent figure in Franco-Ontarian culture. With a group of university students at Laurentian University, he designed the Franco-Ontarian flag, and was a founding member of the Franco-Ontarian Institute.
Louis Haché was a Canadian writer considered to be one of the great Acadian novelists.
Michel Dallaire was a Canadian novelist and poet. He was most noted for his novel Violoncelle pour une lune d'automne, which won the Trillium Book Award for French language children's literature and the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen in 2015.
Cécile Coulon is a French novelist, poet and short story writer. As of 2020, she has published seven novels, two poetry collections and one short story collection. She has been awarded the Prix des libraires (2017) and the prix Guillaume Apollinaire (2018)
Jean-Pierre Vincent was a French theatrical actor and director.
Tanya Lapointe is a Canadian filmmaker and former journalist, most noted for her 2020 documentary film The Paper Man .
Jean Mohsen Fahmy is an Egyptian Canadian writer. He is most noted for his 2005 novel L'Agonie des dieux, which was the winner of the Trillium Book Award for French fiction in 2006, and his 2019 novel La sultane dévoilée, which was the winner of the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2019.