Gerard Bessette
Gérard Bessette (born February 25, 1920) is a noted French Canadian author.
He was born in Ste Anne de Sabrevois, Quebec and attended the University of 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 Quebec authors
