Léo Lévesque
Encyclopedia
Léo Lévesque is a Québécois
poet, essayist, and writer born in Montréal
. He was a finalist for the 1982
Governor General's Award for Literary Merit
, and won $10,000 funding in 1997–98 from the Canada Council for the Arts.
He spent 25 years in prison, and has written five collections of prison stories based on his experience, of which Contes en coups de poing was the basis of the 2002 movie Histoire de Pen
.
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
poet, essayist, and writer born in Montréal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. He was a finalist for the 1982
1982 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1982 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:*Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man DescendingOther Finalists:...
Governor General's Award for Literary Merit
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
, and won $10,000 funding in 1997–98 from the Canada Council for the Arts.
He spent 25 years in prison, and has written five collections of prison stories based on his experience, of which Contes en coups de poing was the basis of the 2002 movie Histoire de Pen
Histoire de Pen
Histoire de Pen is a Québécois film directed by Michel Jetté and released in 2002, about a young man's time in a penitentiary. It is based on Léo Lévesque's collection of prison stories Contes en coup de poing...
.