François-Rosaire Paré BA

Bachelor of Arts

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, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 (born 1949 in Longueuil, Quebec

Longueuil, Quebec

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) is a French Canadian

French Canadian

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 author

Author

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 and academic specialising in French literature.

Paré lived in Montreal

Montreal

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 during his youth. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

, he pursued further studies in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

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 at SUNY

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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. He would eventually settle in Ontario

Ontario

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, first at St Catharines

St. Catharines, Ontario

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, then moving to the Kitchener-Waterloo

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 region to teach at the University of Guelph

University of Guelph

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. He is currently Chair of the French Studies Department at the University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

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.

Awards and recognition

• 1993: French non-fiction winner, Governor General's Award
  Governor General's Award
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  s, Les Littératures de l'exiguïté
• 2003: French winner, Trillium Book Award
  Trillium Book Award
  The Trillium Award is given annually by the government of the Province of Ontario and is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, children's books, and poetry. Anthologies, new editions, re-issues and translations are not eligible. Three jury members per language judge the...
  
  , La distance habitée

External links

• University of Waterloo: François Paré profile, accessed 16 July 2006 Maison de la poesie: François Paré profile, accessed 16 July 2006