Prix Robert-Cliche

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The Prix Robert-Cliche is a literary prize created in 1979 to honour Robert Cliche, a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. [1] The prize is awarded annually for an original French language work by a Canadian author who has not previously published a novel. The manuscript must contain at least 30,000 words. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Prix Robert-Cliche" (in French). VLB Éditeur.
  2. ↑ "Règlement". Prix Robert-Cliche (in French). VLB Éditeur.
  3. ↑ "Le prix Robert-Cliche à Olivia Tapiero". Ici Radio-Canada, November 2, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Le Prix Robert-Cliche ne sera pas attribué en 2015 – Actualités – Les prix littéraires – Revue Les libraires". revue.leslibraires.ca (in French). Retrieved 2015-08-06.
  5. ↑ "Lauréats du prix Robert Cliche | Prix Robert-Cliche VLB Éditeur". www.groupevml.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23.
  6. ↑ Marie-Josée R. Roy, "Paul Serge Forest, médecin et écrivain, remporte le prix Robert-Cliche 2021". Le Journal de Québec , March 9, 2021.
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