Gérard Bessette
Gérard Bessette (25 February 1920, in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Quebec – 21 February 2005, in Kingston, Ontario) was a French Canadian writer and educator.Bessette grew up in Montreal and attended the Collège Saint-Ignace. He continued his studies at the Université de Montréal, where in 1950 he completed his doctorate entitled ''Images in French-Canadian poetry''.
Unable to obtain an academic position in Quebec because of his atheism, he taught at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh from 1951 to 1957. He then found a job in Kingston, Ontario, first at Royal Military College of Canada in 1958, and then in the Department of French Studies at Queen's University from 1959 to 1979. Bessette's novels ''L'incubation'' (1965) and ''Le cycle'' (1971) won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (French). In 1980 he was awarded the Prix Athanase-David, Quebec's highest literary honour.
Several of Bessette's works address issues that led to and were representative of the Révolution tranquille, a series of societal shifts that took place in Quebec during the 1960s, which saw increased secularization and a general movement away from the influence of the Catholic Church. His earlier works are written in a realistic style, while his later novels utilize elements of the nouveau roman literary movement and tend to be more experimental. His literary criticism is noted for its Freudian readings of Québécois literature.
One of his most noted works is ''Le libraire'' (1960), an existential tale of a book store employee in a small Quebec town in the 1950s. The book deals with one of Bessette's most common themes: the stifling culture of Quebec of that time. His work was also part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal, New York : Paris : Le Cercle du Livre de France ; René Julliard, 1960
Montréal, New York : Paris : Le Cercle du Livre de France ; René Julliard, 1960
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by Bessette, Gérard
[Montréal] : Québec/Amérique, 1979
[Montréal] : Québec/Amérique, 1979
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal : Cercle du livre de France, 1969
Montréal : Cercle du livre de France, 1969
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal, Québec : Québec/Amérique, 1980
Montréal, Québec : Québec/Amérique, 1980
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal, Québec : Editions Québec/Amérique, 1994
Montréal, Québec : Editions Québec/Amérique, 1994
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by Bessette, Gérard
Toronto : Don Mills, Ont. : Exile Editions ; Sales distribution, General Pub. Co., 1987
Toronto : Don Mills, Ont. : Exile Editions ; Sales distribution, General Pub. Co., 1987
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by Bessette, Gérard
Toronto : Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1977
Toronto : Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1977
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal : Québec/Amérique, 1980
Montréal : Québec/Amérique, 1980
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal : Le Cercle du Livre de France, 1961
Montréal : Le Cercle du Livre de France, 1961
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[Montréal] Éditions du Jour 1968
[Montréal] Éditions du Jour 1968
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by Bessette, Gérard
[Montréal] : Saint-Léonard : La Presse ; Distributeur, Nouvelles messageries internationales du livre, 1977
[Montréal] : Saint-Léonard : La Presse ; Distributeur, Nouvelles messageries internationales du livre, 1977
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal : Editions du Jour; distributeur, Messageries du Jour, 1972
Montréal : Editions du Jour; distributeur, Messageries du Jour, 1972
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by Bessette, Gérard
1975
1975
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by Bessette, Gérard
[Montréal] : Éditions du Jour, 1968
[Montréal] : Éditions du Jour, 1968
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by Bessette, Gérard
Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1967
Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1967
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal : Hurtubise HMH, 1979
Montréal : Hurtubise HMH, 1979
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montreal ; Quebec : Amerique, 1979
Montreal ; Quebec : Amerique, 1979
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by Bessette, Gérard
Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1968
Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1968
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by Bessette, Gérard
Montréal, Éditions du Jour 1971
Montréal, Éditions du Jour 1971
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