François Gravel
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | October 24, 1951
Occupation | novelist, young adult writer |
Language | French |
Nationality | Canadian |
Notable works | Ostende, Fillion et frères, Adieu, Betty Crocker |
François Gravel (born October 4, 1951) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] Most noted as an author of literature for children and young adults, he has also published a number of adult novels.[2]
An economics graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal, Gravel taught economics at Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu until 2006.[3] He is the partner of writer Michèle Marineau and the father of writer and illustrator Élise Gravel.[4]
His most recent adult novel, À vos ordres, colonel Parkinson!, was inspired by his own recent diagnosis with Parkinson's disease.[1]
Many of his works have been translated into English by Sheila Fischman.[5]
Awards[]
He won the Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature at the 1991 Governor General's Awards for Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine.[6] He has been shortlisted for the award five other times: at the 1994 Governor General's Awards for Klonk,[7] at the 2000 Governor General's Awards for L'été de la moustache,[8] at the 2002 Governor General's Awards for David et la maison de la sorcière,[9] at the 2008 Governor General's Awards for Sales crapauds[10] and at the 2012 Governor General's Awards for Hò.[11]
Fischman has received three nominations for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation for her translations of Gravel's work at the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Benito,[12] the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Felicity's Fool (Bonheur fou)[13] and the 1996 Governor General's Awards for Ostende.[14]
Gravel won the French Mr. Christie's Book Award in 1991 for Zamboni,[15] and in 2001 for David et le fantôme in conjunction with illustrator .[16] Gravel and Pratt won the French TD Canadian Children's Literature Award in 2006 for David et le salon funéraire.[17]
His adult novel Adieu, Betty Crocker was a competing title in the 2014 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by actress Pauline Martin.[18]
Works[]
Novels[]
- La Note de passage, 1985
- Benito, 1987
- Effet Summerhill, 1988
- Bonheur fou, 1989
- Les Black Stones vous reviendront dans quelques instants, 1991
- Ostende, 1994
- Miss Septembre, 1996
- Vingt et un tableaux (et quelques craies), 1998
- Fillion et frères, 2000
- Je ne comprends pas tout, 2002
- Adieu, Betty Crocker, 2003
- Mélamine Blues, 2005
- Vous êtes ici, 2007
- Voyeurs, s'abstenir, 2009
- À deux pas de chez elle: La première enquête de Chloé Perreault, 2011
- Toute une vie sur les bancs d’école, 2016
- Idées noires, 2017
- La petite fille en haut de l’escalier, 2018
- À vos ordres, colonel Parkinson!, 2019
Children's and young adult literature[]
Klonk series[]
- Klonk, 1993
- Lance et Klonk, 1994
- Le Cercueil de Klonk, 1995
- Un amour de Klonk, 1995
- Le Cauchemar de Klonk, 1997
- Klonk et le Beatle mouillé, 1997
- Klonk et le Treize noir, 1999
- Klonk et la Queue du scorpion, 2000
- Coca-Klonk, 2001
- La Racine carrée de Klonk, 2002
- Le Testament de Klonk, 2003
- Klonk contre Klonk, 2004
David series[]
- David et le Fantôme, 2000
- David et le Précipice, 2001
- David et les Monstres de la forêt, 2001
- David et la Maison de la sorcière, 2002
- David et l'Orage, 2003
- David et les Crabes noirs, 2004
- David et le Salon funéraire, 2005
- David et la Bête, 2007
- David et Léa, 2008
Other[]
- Corneilles, 1989
- Zamboni, 1990
- Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine, 1991
- Granulite, 1992
- Guillaume, 1995
- Le Match des étoiles, 1996
- Kate, quelque part
- L'Été de la moustache, 2000
- La Piste sauvage, 2002
- L'Araignée sauvage, 2004
- Sekhmet, la déesse sauvage, 2005
- Sacrilège, 2006
- Les Horloges de M. Svonok, 2007
- Sales Crapauds, 2007
- La Cagoule, 2008
- Sauvage, 2010
- Du soccer extrême !, 2010
- Ça, c'est du baseball, 2010
- Ok pour le hockey !, 2011
- Il pleut des records, 2011
- Silence, on zappe !, 2012
- Schlick, 2012
- Hò, 2012
- À nous deux, Barbe-Mauve !, 2012
- Hollywood, nous voici, 2013
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "François Gravel: l’art de raconter la terrible maladie de Parkinson". Le Journal de Québec, March 24, 2019.
- ^ "L’auteur du mois : François Gravel". L'actualité, March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Élise et François Gravel: des projets d'écriture père-fille". La Presse, July 18, 2017.
- ^ Claudia Larochelle, "Élise Gravel, Michèle Marineau et François Gravel: Sainte tribu". Les libraires, April 21, 2015.
- ^ "Even rebellious kids grow up one day and become their parents". Waterloo Region Record, November 2, 1996.
- ^ Arlene Perly Rae, "Prize winners in sync with young emotions". Toronto Star, December 28, 1991.
- ^ "Familiar faces; Munro, Atwood among Governor-General's Literary Awards field". Montreal Gazette, October 27, 1994.
- ^ "'Writing and dreaming in different voices'". The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2000.
- ^ "Finalists for the 2002 Governor General's Literary Awards". Canadian Press, October 21, 2002.
- ^ "Governor General's Literary Awards Nominees". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 22, 2008.
- ^ "Les noms des finalistes des prix litteraires du gouverneur general sont révélés". Canadian Press, October 2, 2012.
- ^ "Alice Munro among finalists for Governor-General's Literary Awards". Montreal Gazette, November 16, 1990.
- ^ "Governor General's Awards: finalists in other categories". Edmonton Journal, October 6, 1992.
- ^ "6 writers nominated for fiction Governor-General's shortlist announced". The Globe and Mail, October 18, 1996.
- ^ "Authors awarded for kids books". Halifax Daily News, May 1, 1991.
- ^ "French authors to tour P.E.I.: Performing readings at French schools, libraries". Journal Pioneer, October 20, 2003.
- ^ "TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Announces David et le Salon funeraire the Winner of $20,000 - the Largest Literature Award in Canada". Canada NewsWire, October 17, 2006.
- ^ "Le combat des livres 2014 : les finalistes!". Les libraires, March 6, 2014.
- 1951 births
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian male novelists
- Canadian novelists in French
- Governor General's Award-winning children's writers
- Canadian writers of young adult literature
- Writers from Montreal
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- Canadian children's writers in French