Jacques Godbout

Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ (born November 27, 1933) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. 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
Born in Montreal, Quebec, 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.
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).
Godbout was a co-founder of Liberté (1959), the Mouvement laïque de la langue française (1962) and the Union des écrivains Québécois (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.
Godbout lives in Outremont, a former city now in Montreal. He is the grand-nephew of former Quebec Premier Adélard Godbout.
Godbout's novel Une histoire américaine (1986) was chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was championed by trade-union activist and professor Gérald Larose.
Awards and recognition
On June 30, 2016, Godbout was made an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston for "his significant contributions to the literary arts and critical thinking for more than half a century."
His other awards and recognition include:
Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec
Ludger-Duvernay Prize (1973)
Awarded the 2007 Prix Maurice Genevoix for La concierge du Panthéon
Nominated for a 1997 Governor General's Award for children's literature for Une leçon de chasse
Winner of the Quebec government's Prix Athanase-David in 1985
Prix Belgique-Canada (1978)
Winner of the 1967 Governor General's Award for Fiction for Salut Galarneau
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Bibliography
Poetry
Carton pâte — 1956
Les pavés secs — 1958
C'est la chaude loi des hommes — 1960
La grande muraille de Chine — 1969
Souvenirs Shop — poèmes et proses — 1984
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
Non-fiction
Le réformiste: textes tranquilles — 1975
Le murmure marchand — 1984
Abécédaire Québécois — 1988
L'écran du bonheur — 1990
L'écrivain de province: journal 1981–1990 — 1991
Le sort de l'Amérique — 1997
Children's literature
Une leçon de chasse — 1997 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
Mes petites fesses — 1998
Filmography
Fiction
YUL 871 - 1966
Kid Sentiment - 1967
IXE-13 - 1971
The Swindle (La Gammick) - 1974
Documentaries
À St-Henri le cinq septembre (narration)
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
The Black Sheep (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
Traitor or Patriot (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
See also
List of Quebec writers
List of Quebec film directors
List of Quebec movies
Literature of Quebec
Culture of Quebec
Cinema of Quebec
References
External links
Watch films by Jacques Godbout at NFB.ca
Jacques Godbout fonds (R11744) at Library and Archives Canada
Godbout, item at Athabasca University
1933 births
Living people
Canadian documentary film directors
Canadian male novelists
20th-century Canadian poets
20th-century Canadian male writers
Canadian male poets
20th-century Canadian novelists
Canadian poets in French
Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers
Journalists from Montreal
Knights of the National Order of Quebec
Writers from Montreal
Film directors from Montreal
National Film Board of Canada people
Officers of the Order of Canada
Prix Maurice Genevoix winners
Prix Athanase-David winners
Canadian novelists in French
Canadian male non-fiction writers