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By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (touche-à-tout), Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.

Biography

After studies at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and the Université de Montréal, Godbout taught French in Ethiopia before joining the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as producer and scriptwriter in 1958. Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf is a private French-language secondary school and CEGEP (college) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The Université de Montréal (UdeM) (University of Montreal) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The National Film Board of Canada (usually National Film Board or NFB) is a Canadian public filmmaking organization established to produce and distribute films that inform Canadians and promote Canada around the world. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was active during Quebec's Quiet Revolution during which time he wrote a number of penetrating essays, the most important of which were collected in Le Réformiste (1975) and Le Murmure marchand (1984). Jean Lesage, Daniel Johnson Sr. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This page is about the year 1984. ...

Godbout was a co-founder of Liberté (1959), the Mouvement laique de la langue française (1962) and the Union des écrivains québecois (1977). Godbout's films include four full-length features and more than 15 documentaries. He has also written nine novels for adults and two for children. Godbout currently writes a monthly column in the Quebec newsmagazine L'actualité. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. ... Lactualité is a French-language news and general interest magazine in Canada, published in Montreal, Quebec by Rogers Communications. ...

Godbout lives in Outremont a former city now in Montreal, Quebec. He is the great-nephew of former Quebec Premier Adélard Godbout. Outremont is a former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Montreal courthouse in 1880. ... The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated to Prime Minister of Quebec) is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Joseph-Adélard Godbout (24 September 1892 – 18 September 1956) was an agronomist and politician in Quebec, Canada. ...

Godbout's novel Une histoire américaine was chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was championed by union activist and professor Gérald Larose. DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Une histoire américaine is a novel published in 1986 by Canadian novelist, essayist, childrens writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet, Jacques Godbout. ... Canada Reads is an annual battle of the books competition organized and broadcast by Canadas public broadcaster, the CBC. Overview During Canada Reads, five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles over a series of five programs. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union in Commonwealth English) is an organisation formed by workers. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Gérald Larose (born 1945) is a Quebec union activist and professor, and former head of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux. ...

Awards and recognition

• Winner of the 1967 Governor General's Award for Fiction for Salut Galarneau!
• Nominated for a 1997 Governor General's Award for children's literature for Une leçon de chasse
• Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec
• Prix Belgique-Canada (1978)
• Winner of the Quebec government's Prix Athanase-David in 1985

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Bibliography

Poetry

• Carton pâte - 1956
• Les pavés secs - 1958
• C'est la chaude loi des hommes - 1960
• La grande murraille de Chine - 1969
• Sovenirs Shop - poèmes et proses - 1984

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Fiction

• L'aquarium - 1962
• La couteau sur la table - 1965 (translated into English as The Knife on The Table)
• Salut Galarneau! - 1967 (winner of the 1967 Governor General's Award for Fiction; translated into English as Hail Galarneau!)
• D'amour P.Q. - 1972
• L'isle au dragon - 1976 (translated into English as Dragon Island)
• Les têtes à Papineau - 1981
• Une histoire américaine - 1986
• Le temps des Galarneau - 1993
• Opération Rimbaud - 1999

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Non-Fiction

• Le réformiste: textes tranquilles - 1975
• Le murmure marchand - 1984
• Abécédaier Québécois - 1988
• L'écran du bonheur - 1990
• L'écrivain de province: journal 1981-1990 - 1991
• Le sort de l'Amerique - 1997

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Children's Literature

• Une leçon de chasse - 1997 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Mes petites fesses - 1998

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Filmography

Full-length features

• La Gammick
• IXE-13
• Kid Sentiment
• YUL 871

Documentaries

• À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre
• Les Administrateurs
• L'Affaire Norman William
• Aimez-vous les chiens?
• Alias Will James
• Anglo Blues
• Anne Hébert, 1916-2000
• Bientôt Noâl
• Les Canadiens
• Cinéma vérité : le moment décisif
• Comme en Californie
• Derrière l'image
• Deux épisodes dans la vie d'Hubert Aquin
• Les Dieux
• Distorsions
• L'École des peintres
• En dernier recours
• L'Extràme-Nord canadien
• Fabienne sans son Jules
• Feu l'objectivité
• Les héritiers du mouton noir
• Huit témoins
• L'Invasion (1775-1975)
• L'Invention du stress
• Jacques de Tonnancour, une interview
• Les Maîtres-sondeurs
• Marée au Ghana
• Le monde va nous prendre pour des sauvages
• Le Mouton noir
• Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960)
• Les Petits Arpents
• Pour l'amour du stress
• Pour quelques arpents de neige
• Le Prospecteur et la Technique
• Quand vient l'été
• Québec Soft (La musique adoucit les moeurs)
• Rose et Landry
• Le Sort de l'Amérique
• Tàtes blanches
• Le Tir au fusil
• Traître ou Patriote
• Travail d'équipe et Recherches agricoles
• Les "Troubbes" de Johnny
• Un monologue Nord-Sud
• Une Leçon de chasse
• Vivre sa ville
• Les Vrais Cousins

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See also

• List of Quebec writers
• List of Quebec film directors
• List of Quebec movies
• Literature of Quebec
• Culture of Quebec
• Cinema of Quebec

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External links

Jacques Godbout at Northern Stars - Canadians in the Movies: http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsal/godbout.html

• Jacques Godbout at the Internet Movie Database
• Jacques Godbout page at NFB