Gérald Tougas (1933 – 1 October 2019) was a Canadian writer, who won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1990 Governor General's Awards for his debut novel, La Mauvaise foi.[1]

Originally from Manitoba,[2] he spent much of his adult life in Quebec teaching at the CEGEP level.[3] Following his award win, he served on the French-language fiction jury for the 1993 Governor General's Awards.[4]

He published the short story collection La clef de sol et autres récits in 1996,[5] and the novel Le deuxième train de la nuit in 2013.[2] Le deuxième train de la nuit was a shortlisted Governor General's Award finalist at the 2013 Governor General's Awards.[6] Rachelle Renaud received an honourable mention from the John Glassco Translation Prize for Any Mail? and Other Stories, the English-language translation of La clef de sol.[7] He died on 1 October 2019.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Governor General's winners announced". Halifax Daily News, January 23, 1991.
  2. 1 2 "Nouveau livre de Gérald Tougas". Le 6 à 9, March 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Three out of these five Quebec novels shine". Montreal Gazette, January 19, 1991.
  4. ↑ "Quebec book editors oppose fiction choice". The Globe and Mail, December 3, 1993.
  5. ↑ "Regions of the soul". Toronto Star, July 30, 2000.
  6. ↑ "Gérald Tougas finaliste aux Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général". La Voix de l'Est, October 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Yiddish writer wins prize". Montreal Gazette, October 3, 2000.
  8. ↑ "L'Écrivain Gérald Tougas est décédé". 8 October 2019.



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