Gerard Bessette

He was born in Ste Anne de Sabrevois, Quebec[?] and attended the University de Montreal[?] where he studied literature and already began to publish works of poetry. One of his most famous works is Le Libraire which is an existentialist tale of a book store[?] employee in a small Quebec town in the fifties. It deals with one of Bessette's most common themes which is the stifling culture of Quebec in the fifties. Bessette became a professor first at RMC[?] and then at Queen's. In 1980 he won the Prix David[?] in 1980, Quebec's highest literary honour. He currently lives in retirement in Kingston, Ontario.

Works:

• La Bagarre - 1958
• Le Libraire - 1960
• Les Pédagogue - 1961
• Poèems Temporels - 1962
• L'Incubation - 1965
• Un Littérature en Ébullition - 1968
• Le Cycle - 1971
• Trois Romanciers Québécois - 1973
• La Commensale - 1975
• Les Anthropoïdes - 1977
• Mes Roman et Moi - 1979
• Le Semestre - 1979
• La Garden-Party De Christophine - 1980
• Les Dired D'Omer Marin - 1985

See also: List of Canadian writers, List of French Canadian writers[?]