Gilles Archambault (born September 19, 1933 in

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) is a francophone novelist from

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, Canada. He studied at the

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in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist. From 1988 to 1997, he broadcast a column on the "CBF Bonjour" program. His work appeared in ''La Presse'', ''Le Devoir'', ''L'Actualité'', and ''Le Livre d'ici''. He won the Prix Athanase-David in 1981 for his body of work, and a

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in 1987 for ''L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions'', a collection of short prose pieces. He has also written extensively about

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. His papers are held at the Library of Canada.

Novels and Short Story Collections

*''Une suprême discrétion'' (1963) *''La vie à trois'' (1965) *''Le tendre matin'' (1969) *''Parlons de moi'' (1970) *''La fleur aux dents'' (1971) *''Enfances lointaines'' (1972), stories *''La fuite immobile'' (1974) *''Les Pins parasols'' (1976) *''Stupeurs et autres écrits'' (1979), stories *''Le voyageur distrait'' (1981) *''À voix basse'' (1983) *''L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions'' (1987) (winner of the 1987 Governor General's Award for fiction) *''Les choses d'un jour'' (1991) *''Un après-midi de septembre'' (1993) *''Un homme plein d'enfance'' (1996) *''Les Maladresses du cœur'' (1998) *''Courir à sa perte'' (2000) *''De si douce dérives'' (2003), stories *''De l'autre côté du pont'' (2004) *''Les Rives prochaines'' (2007) *''Nous étions jeunes encore'' (2009) *''Qui de nous deux?'', Montréal, Boréal (2011) *''Lorsque le cœur est sombre'', Montréal, Boréal (2013) *''Doux Dément'', Montréal, Boréal (2015) *''Il se fait tard'', Montréal, Boréal (2021)

Anthologies

Autobiographical works

*''Un après-midi de septembre'' (concerning his mother's disappearance) *''Qui de nous deux?'' (2011)

References

External links

* * Archives of Filles Archambaul
(Fonds Gilles Archambault, R11700)
are held at

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