Roch Carrier (1937- )

• writer
• born and raised in the village of Sainte-Justine-de-Dorchester, Quebec
• educated at the Universite de Montreal, and the Sorbonne in Paris where he received a doctorate in literature
• returned to Montreal, became resident dramatist with the Theatre du Nouveau Monde
• one of Quebec's most celebrated novelists
• also writes contes (a French-Canadian form of extremely short stories)
• Novels and Short Story collections:
  • La Guerre, Yes Sir! (1968)
  • Floralie, Ou Es-Tu? (Floralie, Where Are You?) (1969)
  • Il est par la, le Soleil (Is it the Sun, Philibert?) (1970)
  • Jardin des Delices (The Garden of Delights) (1975)
  • Il ny a pas de Pays sans Grand Pere (No Country without Grandfathers) (1977)
  • Les Enfants du Bonhomme dans la Lune (The Hockey Sweater and other stories) (1979)
  • Dame qui avait des Chaines aux Chevilles (Lady with Chains) (1981)
• Carrier has adapted La Guerre, Yes Sir! and Floralie, Ou Es-Tu? for the stage

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