Ducharme, Rejean

Novelist and playwright Rejean Ducharme's first novel, L'Avalee des avalees [The Swallower Swallowed] (1966), won the Governor General's Literary Award in 1967. His second novel, Le Nez qui voque (1967), was awarded the Prix litteraire de la province de Quebec. These two, plus a third novel, L'Oceantume (1968), were published during the years of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec and made a significant impact. His plays include Le Cid maghane and Ines Peree et Inat Tendu (1968); L'Hiver de force, which won the Prix Belgique-Canada (1973); ...