The winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17 in Ottawa. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a French actor, filmmaker, and businessman. He was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Notre histoire (1984). In 1991, he received France's Legion of Honour. At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d'Or.
Daniel Ceccaldi was a French actor.
Un flic is a 1972 Franco-Italian crime film, the last directed by Jean-Pierre Melville before his death the following year. It stars Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, and Catherine Deneuve. Delon had previously played a criminal in Melville's Le Samouraï (1967) and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), but in Un Flic his role is reversed, and he plays the title character.
Commissaire Moulin is a French television series created by Paul Andréota and Claude Boissol and starring Yves Rénier as the title character, Commissaire Jean-Paul Moulin. The show started in 1976, was canceled in 1982, resumed in 1989 and finally ended in 2008. The entire series spans seventy 90 minute episodes.
José Giovanni was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986.
Alain Poiré was a French film producer and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, and died in Neuilly-Sur-Seine.
Annick Alane was a French film, television, and theatre actress from Carnac.
Borsalino & Co. is a 1974 French crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon, Riccardo Cucciolla and Daniel Ivernel. It is the sequel to the 1970 film Borsalino, opening with the criminal Siffredi as he searches Marseille for the gang that murdered his friend Capella.
Christopher Frank was a British-born French writer, screenwriter, and film director. He won the 1972 Prix Renaudot for his novel La Nuit américaine that served the basis for Andrzej Zulawski's film That Most Important Thing: Love.
Three Men to Kill is a French crime film released in 1980, directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon with Dalila Di Lazzaro. The screenplay is written by Jacques Deray, Alain Delon and Christopher Frank based on the novel Le Petit Bleu de la côte ouest by Jean-Patrick Manchette.
Let Sleeping Cops Lie also known as Don't Wake a Sleeping Cop is a French crime film released in 1988, directed by José Pinheiro, starring Alain Delon and Michel Serrault. The screenplay is written by Alain Delon and José Pinheiro based on the novel Clause de style by Frédéric H. Fajardie.
Cop or Hood is a 1979 French crime and action film directed by Georges Lautner. It's loosely based on the novel L'Inspecteur de la mer by Michel Grisolia.
Le Battant is a 1983 French crime thriller film starring and directed by Alain Delon.
Famous Love Affairs is a 1961 French-Italian anthology film starring Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot and Jean Paul Belmondo.
Ho! is a 1968 French-Italian crime film directed by Robert Enrico and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is based on the 1964 novel Ho! by José Giovanni.
Actors is a 2000 French comedy film directed by Bertrand Blier.
Navarro is a drama series about a French commissioner that aired on TF1. It was on the air for 18 years.
Xavier Depraz, néXavier Marcel Delaruelle was a French opera singer and actor.
