Réjean Ducharme (August 12, 1941 – August 21, 2017) was a Québécois novelist and playwright who resided in Montreal.
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He was known for his reclusive personality and did not appear at any public functions since his first successful book was published in 1966. A common theme of his early work was the rejection of the adult world by children.
Réjean Ducharme | |
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Born | August 12, 1941 |
Died | August 21, 2017 | (aged 76)
Language | French |
Nationality | Canadian |
L'Avalée des avalésPrix Goncourt, even though the author was only 24 years old and unknown. That same year, the book won the 1966 Governor General's Award for Poetry or Drama (Poésie et théâtre). L'Avalée des avalés later won the 2005 French version of Canada Reads, where it was defended by actress Sophie Cadieux.
(Swallowed), Ducharme's first novel, was short-listed for the 1966In the 1992 movie Léolo, the main character spends much of his time reading and thinking about L'Avalée des avalés.
In 2017, Ducharme died of natural causes at age 76 in Montreal.
In summer 2021, the city's Sud-Ouest borough renamed its library the Bibliothèque Réjean-Ducharme in his honour.
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