The Prix Ringuet is a Canadian literary award, presented each year by the

Académie des lettres du Québec The Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers. It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québ ...

to an author from

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

for a book of French-language

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...

. First presented in 1983 as the Prix Molson, the award was later renamed for novelist Philippe Panneton, who wrote under the pen name Ringuet and was a founding member of the Académie.

Prize recipients

Source:

Prix Molson

Source: *1983 - Jacques Folch-Ribas, ''Le Valet de plume'' *1984 - Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, ''La Maison Trestler'' *1985 - Pauline Harvey, ''Encore une partie pour Berri'' *1986 - Daniel Gagnon, ''La Fille à marier'' *1987 - Sylvain Trudel, ''Le Souffle de l'harmattan'' *1988 -

Francine D'Amour Francine D'Amour (born November 6, 1946) is a Quebec educator and writer. The daughter of Jean D'Amour and Marthe Pinard, she was born in Beauharnois and studied modern literature at the Université de Nice and French literature at the Universit ...

, ''Les Dimanches sont mortels'' *1989 - Jean Marcel, ''Hypathie ou la Fin des dieux'' *1990 -

Jacques Poulin Jacques Poulin (; born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing. Poulin studied psychology and arts at the Université Laval in Quebec City; he started his career as commercial ...

, ''Le Vieux chagrin'' *1991 -

Robert Baillie Robert Baillie (30 April 16021662) was a Church of Scotland minister who became famous as an author and a propagandist for the Covenanters.

, ''La Nuit de la Saint-Basile'' *1992 - Paul Bussières, ''Mais qui va donc consoler Mingo?'' *1993 - Jacques Desautels, ''Le Quatrième roi mage'' *1994 - Sergio Kokis, ''Le Pavillon des miroirs''

Prix Ringuet

*1997 -

Louise Dupré Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist. The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in l ...

, ''La Memoria'' *1998 - Pierre Ouellet, ''La légende dorée'' *1999 -

Gaétan Soucy Gaétan Soucy (October 21, 1958 – July 9, 2013) was a Canadian novelist and professor. Life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Soucy studied physics at Université de Montréal, completed a master's degree in philosophy, and studied Japanese language a ...

, '' La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes'' *2000 - Christiane Duchesne, ''L'homme des silences'' *2001 - Aki Shimazaki, ''Hamaguri'' *2002 - Guillaume Vigneault, ''Chercher le vent'' *2003 - Rober Racine, ''L'ombre de la terre'' *2004 -

Gilles Jobidon Gilles Jobidon (born November 8, 1950) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his novel ''Le Tranquille affligé'', which was the winner of the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie in 2019. His debut novel ''La route des p ...

, ''La route des petits matins'' *2005 - Pierre Yergeau, ''Les amours perdues'' *2006 - Martine Desjardins, ''L'évocation'' *2007 - Andrée A. Michaud, ''Mirror Lake'' *2008 -

Hélène Rioux Hélène Rioux (born January 12, 1949) is a French Canadians, French Canadian writer and translator. She was born in Montreal, Quebec and was educated at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, going on to study Russian at the Université de Montréal. H ...

, ''Mercredi Soir au Bout du Monde'' *2009 - Martin Robitaille, ''Les déliaisons'' *2010 - Alexandre Lazaridès, ''Adieu, vert paradis'' *2011 -

Louis Hamelin Louis Hamelin (born June 9, 1959 in Saint-Séverin, Mauricie, Quebec, Saint-Séverin-de-Proulxville, Quebec)

, ''La Constellation du lynx'' *2012 - Jocelyne Saucier, ''Il pleuvait des oiseaux'' *2013 - Jean Bédard, ''Marguerite Porète'' *2014 - Yvon Paré, ''Le voyage d'Ulysse'' *2015 - Michaël La Chance, ''Épisodies'' *2016 - Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot, ''Tas-droches'' *2017 - Christian Guay-Poliquin, ''Le Poids de la neige'' *2018 - Stéfanie Clermont, ''Le jeu de la musique'' *2019 -

Kevin Lambert Kev Lambert (born 1992) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.Christopher DiRaddo"A thrilling debut novel takes revenge on smalltown homophobia" ''Xtra!'', September 28, 2020. He is most noted for his novel ''Querelle de Roberval'', which won the Prix ...

, ''Querelle de Roberval'' *2020 -

Élise Turcotte Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957 in Sorel, Quebec) is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature ...

, ''L’apparition du chevreuil'' *2021 - Ying Chen, ''Rayonnements'' *2022 - Alain Farah, ''Mille secrets mille dangers'' *2023 -

, ''Que notre joie demeure''Mickaël Meunier
"Kevin Lambert lauréat du prix Ringuet pour son livre Que notre joie demeure"
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References

{{reflist French-language literature in Canada Canadian fiction awards Quebec literary awards French-language literary awards Awards established in 1983 1983 establishments in Canada