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Réjean Ducharme | |
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| Born | (1941-08-12)August 12, 1941 |
| Died | August 21, 2017(2017-08-21) (aged 76) |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | Canadian |
Réjean Ducharme (August 12, 1941 – August 21, 2017) was a Canadian writer,novelist andplaywright who resided inMontreal. He was known for his reclusive personality and did not appear at any public functions since his first successful book was published in 1966. A common theme of his early work was the rejection of the adult world by children.
L'Avalée des avalés [fr] (Swallowed), Ducharme's first novel, was short-listed for the 1966Prix Goncourt, even though the author was only 24 years old and unknown. That same year, the book won the1966 Governor General's Award for Poetry or Drama (Poésie et théâtre).[1]L'Avalée des avalés later won the 2005 French version ofCanada Reads, where it was defended byactressSophie Cadieux.
In the 1992 movieLéolo, the main character spends much of his time reading and thinking aboutL'Avalée des avalés.
In 2017, Ducharme died of natural causes at age 76 in Montreal.
In summer 2021, the city's Sud-Ouest borough renamed its library from the Bibliotheque Georges-Vanier to the Bibliothèque Réjean-Ducharme in his honour.[2]
