André Giroux (December 10, 1916 – July 28, 1977) was a Canadian

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. Giroux authored ''Malgré tout, la joie'', a series of short stories for which he received the

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for

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literature in 1959, as presented by the

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. He was also a

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winner. Giroux was born in

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. A member of the

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, he died following an automobile accident on July 24, 1977.

List of literary works

*''Au-delà des visages / Beyond the Faces'' (1948 novel) *''Le gouffre a toujours soif / The Bottomless Pit'' (1953 novel) *'' 14, rue de Galais / 14 Galais street'' (television series, 1954–57) *''Malgré tout, la joie / Despite Everything, the Joy!'' (1958) — Winner,

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André Giroux also authored articles in newspapers under the pseudonym ''Rene de Villers''.

Biographies

*''Analytical Bibliography of Andre Giroux'', Yvette Giroux, 1949 *''Andre Giroux - the writer, the man, the poet'', Mado of Isle, the Editions Arion, 1994

Awards and honours

*1949 -

of the French

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*1950 - Province of Quebec Prize *1952 -

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*1959 - Governor General's Award for French language fiction

External links

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* Archives of Andr Girou
(Fonds André Giroux, R11742)
are held at

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giroux, Andre 1916 births 1977 deaths Canadian male novelists Writers from Quebec City Governor General's Award–winning fiction writers 20th-century Canadian novelists Canadian novelists in French 20th-century Canadian male writers Montyon Prize laureates Novelists from Quebec