Yvon Rivard Explained

Yvon Rivard (born August 20, 1945 at Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time Governor General's Award winner, receiving the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1986 for Les silences du corbeau,^[1] and the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction in 2013 for Aimer, enseigner.^[2]

He was a longtime professor of creative writing at McGill University until his retirement in 2008.^[3]

He won the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal in 1996 for his novel Le Milieu du jour.^[4] As a screenwriter, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992 for Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme), cowritten with Jacques Leduc.^[5]

Works

• Pierre Vadeboncœur, un homme libre (1974)
• Mort et naissance de Christophe Ulric (1976)
• Frayère (1976)
• L'Imaginaire et le quotidien (1978)
• Les Silences du corbeau (1986,)
• Le Bout cassé de tous les chemins (1993,)
• Le Milieu du jour (1995,)
• L'Ombre et le Double (1996,)
• Le Siècle de Jeanne (2005,)
• Personne n'est une île, (2006,)
• Une idée simple (2010,)
• Aimer, enseigner (2012,)

Notes and References

1. "Yvon Rivard honored for French-language fiction; Munro wins top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 1987.
2. "Stephanie Pelletier remporte un Prix litteraire du Gouverneur general". Canadian Press, November 13, 2013.
3. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/370328/le-testament-d-yvon-rivard "Le testament d'Yvon Rivard"
4. "Blais, Vanderhaeghe share fiction award". Montreal Gazette, November 13, 1996.
5. "French-Canadian films steal Genie show Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 1992.