The Prix David (David Prize) was created in 1923 by the Secretary of the Province of Quebec,

Athanase David Louis-Athanase David (June 24, 1882 – January 26, 1953) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman. He was a cabinet minister in the Provincial Parliament of Quebec, representing the riding of Terrebonne and serving as Provincial Secret ...

, in memory of his father, Laurent-Olivier David. Also known as the Prix de la province de Québec, these prizes were awarded to writers or researchers who submitted the best literary or scientific works to the province's literary and scientific competitions. In 1968, the

Prix Athanase-David The Prix Athanase-David is a literary award presented annually by the government of Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares b ...

was created to recognize a writer's body of work. In 1970, the literary and scientific competitions disappeared and were replaced by the

Prix du Québec The Prix du Québec () are awards given by the Government of Quebec to individuals for cultural and scientific achievements. Founded in 1977, the government annually awards seven awards in the cultural field and six in the scientific field. Cultu ...

. The Prix David archives are held at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec in Montreal.

Laureates

*1923 ** Ivanhoé Caron ** Victor Germain ** Frère

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** Paul Morin **

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*1924 **

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** Élie-Joseph-Arthur Auclair **

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** Jean Charbonneau ** Marie-Claire Daveluy ** Pierre Dupuy ** Louis Francœur ** Philippe Panneton *1925 **

Marius Barbeau Charles Marius Barbeau, (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadians, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthr ...

*1926 **

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Robert Choquette Robert Guy Choquette (; April 22, 1905 – January 22, 1991) was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and he moved with his family to Montreal in 1914. In 1968, he was appointed Canada's ambassa ...

** Louis-Philippe Geoffrion ** Paul de Martigny **

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*1927 ** Ivanhoé Caron **

Henry Laureys Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainment ...

*1929 **

Jean-Charles Harvey Jean-Charles and Jean-Carles is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean Charles, Chevalier Folard (1669–1752), French soldier and military author * Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (1817–1891), French engineer * ...

Alice Lemieux-Lévesque Alice Lemieux-Lévesque (September 23, 1905 – January 1983) was a Canadian-American writer. She published multiple books. In 1960, she was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, a national order of France, for her work in improving French-A ...

Simone Routier Simone may refer to: People * Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin * Simone (surname), an Italian surname * People known mononymously as Simone include: **Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira (born 1949), Br ...

*1930 **

Marcel Dugas Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian ...

** Marcolin-Antonio Lamarche *1932 **

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*1933 **

Albert Pelletier Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s * Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street mar ...

Adolphe Nantel ''Adolphe'' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit ...

*1935 **

Jacques Francœur Jacques Francœur (1925 – July 24, 2005) was a French-Canadian businessman and journalist. He is best known as the owner of the ''Unimédia'' group, making him one of Quebec's media moguls. He was the son of Louis Francœur. Biography He had ...

Claude-Henri Grignon Claude-Henri Grignon, OC, FRSC (July 8, 1894 – April 3, 1976)Claude-Henri Grign ...

*1936 **

Gérard Morisset Gérard ( French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constitu ...

*1937 **

Eugène Lapierre Eugène Lapierre (8 June 1899 – 21 October 1970) was a Canadian organist, composer, journalist, writer on music, arts administrator, and music educator. He was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935 and the King George VI Corona ...

*1938 **

Léo-Paul Desrosiers Léo-Paul Desrosiers (April 11, 1896 – April 20, 1967) was a Quebec writer and journalist well known for his historical novels. He was influenced by the nationalism of Henri Bourassa and Lionel-Adolphe Groulx. He published his first novel i ...

Félix-Antoine Savard Félix-Antoine Savard, (August 31, 1896 – August 24, 1982) was a Canadian priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist. Born in Quebec City, he grew up in Chicoutimi, Quebec. He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1918 and was ordained a pri ...

Damase Potvin Damase Potvin (born October 16, 1882 – 1964) was a writer and journalist born in Bagotville (city), Bagotville, Saguenay, Quebec. He is the son of Charles Potvin and Julie Hudon. Biography He obtained his Baccalauréat ès arts (Québec), ba ...

*1939 ** Clovis Duval **

Clément Marchand Clément Marchand (12 September 1912 – 22 April 2013) was a Canadian writer, poet and journalist and publisher. He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Quebec. Awards *1939 - Prix Athanase-David *1942 - Prix Athanase-David *1947 - ''Mem ...

, ''Les Soirs Rouges'' ** Gérard Martin, ''Le Temple'' *1941 **

Victor Barbeau Victor Barbeau, (18 August 1894 – 19 July 1994) was a Quebec writer and academic. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Barbeau was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Université Laval, and University of Paris. From 1925 to 1963, he was a professor at HE ...

Alain Grandbois Alain Grandbois, (May 25, 1900 – March 18, 1975) was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one. Traveling around the world in 1918-1939 and sharing the hopes and problems of contemporary man, his work combined the th ...

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*1942 **

Robert Charbonneau Robert Charbonneau (February 3, 1911 – June 26, 1967) was a French-Canadian journalist, writer, and literary critic. Biography Charbonneau was born in Montreal. He began his studies at Ecole Saint-Stanislas in 1919 and continued his classical s ...

** Philippe Panneton *1943 **

Anne Hébert Anne Hébert (pronounced in French) (August 1, 1916 – January 22, 2000), was a Canadian author and poet. She won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Awards, Governor General's Award, three times, twice for fiction and once fo ...

** Rodolphe Dubé **

Rina Lasnier Rina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois Canadian poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville- Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal. Although she was the ...

*1945 **

** Léopold Houlé **

Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been m ...

*1946 **

Germaine Guèvremont Germaine Guèvremont, born GrignonFrench Canadian Write ...

Félix Leclerc Félix Leclerc (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968. Leclerc was posthumously inducted into ...

**Roger Lemelin ** Pierre Demers *1947 **Gérard Bessette **

**Alphonse Piché *1949 ** Élie-Joseph-Arthur Auclair **Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician), Jacques Hébert **

*1950 **Robert Élie **André Giroux (writer), André Giroux **Clément Lockquell *1951 **Sylvain Garneau **

**Paul Toupin *1952 **Abraham Moses Klein *1953 **Paul Beaulieu **Sœur Marie-Henri De la Croix **Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician), Jacques Hébert *1954 **Adrienne Choquette **Eugène Cloutier **Jean Filiatrault **Yves Thériault *1955 **

**Fernand Dumont **Jean-Guy Pilon *1957 **Roméo Arbour **Léopold Lamontagne **Romain Légaré *1958 **

**Yves Thériault *1959 **Ronald Després **Jacques Godbout **Pierre Trottier *1961 **Pierre Angers **Jean Béraud *1962 **Jean-Paul Filion **Gilles Hénault **Jean Le Moyne *1963 **Gatien Lapointe **Suzanne Paradis *1964 **Réal Benoît **Paul Chamberland **Monique Chouinard Corriveau **Eva Kushner *1965 **Gérard Bessette **Jacques Brault **Roch Carrier **Antonine Maillet **R. Miville Dechêne **Paul Toupin *1966 **Monique Chouinard Corriveau **Pierre de Grandpré **Nicole Deschamps **Louis Durand **Roland Giguère **Claire Martin (writer), Claire Martin *1967 **Réjean Ducharme **Jean Éthier-Blais **Gatien Lapointe *1968 **Jehane Benoît **Paule Daveluy **Suzanne Chouinard Martel **Jean-Paul Pinsonneault **Yves Préfontaine **Robert Vigneault *1969 **Yvette Naubert **Jean-Cléo Godin *1970 **Hubert Aquin **Roland Bourneuf **Cécile Gagnon **Guy Gervais

References

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