André Giroux (writer)

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André Giroux (born December 10 1916 in Quebec City, Quebec; died July 28 1977) was an award-winning Canadian writer of fiction. Giroux authored Malgré tout, la joie, a series of short stories for which he received the Governor General's Award for French Canadian literature in 1959, as presented by the Canada Council. He was also a Montyon Prize winner.

Giroux — a member of the Royal Society of Canada — died following an automobile accident which occurred on July 24 1977.

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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, 1959 Governor General's Awards

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

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

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