Noël Audet (December 23, 1938 – December 29, 2005) was a Canadian novelist and poet from Quebec.[1] He is most noted as a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, receiving nominations at the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Ah, l'amour l'amour,[2] and at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for L'Ombre de l'épervier.[3]

Born in Maria, Quebec,[1] he published two books of poetry in the 1960s before publishing his debut short story collection Quand la voile faseille in 1980.[4] L'Ombre de l'épervier, his most successful novel, was published in 1988 and was adapted into a television series for Télévision de Radio-Canada in 1998.[5]

Le Roi des planeurs, the final novel published before Audet's death, was released in 2005.[6] One further novel, Entre la boussole et l'étoile, was published posthumously in 2006.[7]

In addition to his writing, Audet was a longtime professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1]

Works

  • 1963: Figures parallèles
  • 1968: La Tête barbare
  • 1968: Quand la voile faseille
  • 1981: Ah, l'amour l'amour
  • 1984: Dix nouvelles humoristiques
  • 1984: La Parade
  • 1987: Ah, l'amour l'amour
  • 1988: Premier Amour
  • 1988: L'Ombre de l'épervier
  • 1989: Rencontres/encuentros
  • 1990: Écrire de la fiction au Québec
  • 1991: Une douzaine de treize, superstitions gaspésiennes
  • 1992: Nouvelles de Montréal
  • 1992: L'Eau blanche
  • 1995: Frontières ou Tableaux d'Amérique
  • 1996: Xylon deux
  • 1998: La Terre promise
  • 2000: Récits de la fête
  • 2000: La Maison du rêve
  • 2002: Les Bonheurs d'un héros incertain
  • 2002: Ce qu'il nous reste de liberté
  • 2005: Le Roi des planeurs
  • 2006: Entre la boussole et l'étoile

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Décès du poète et romancier Noël Audet". Le Devoir, January 4, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Governor General's finalists announced". Montreal Gazette, April 24, 1982.
  3. ↑ "Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary prizes". Montreal Gazette, February 2, 1989.
  4. ↑ "Noël Audet et la langue québécoise". Le Devoir, January 13, 2006.
  5. ↑ Mylène Nantel, "Des mots à l'image : l'adaptation télévisuelle de L'ombre de l'épervier de Noël Audet". Voix et images, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Fall 2002), p. 60–70.
  6. ↑ "Noël Audet : Le vol arrêté". Les Libraires, June 20, 2005.
  7. ↑ "Essais québécois - La boussole littéraire de Noël Audet". Le Devoir, April 1, 2006.
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