Maurice Joncas (26 June 1936 – 13 June 2021) was a Canadian writer.

Biography

In 1968, Joncas began participating in numerous shows as a director, actor, and producer. The following year, he was a founding member of the Théâtre de l'Astran de Gaspé. A multidisciplinary artist known throughout the Gaspé Peninsula, he also practiced singing and painting. He made a career as a secondary school French teacher and retired in 1996.

Maurice Joncas

Maurice Joncas died in Gaspé on 13 June 2021 at the age of 84.

Maurice Joncas

Novels

La chevauchée des pèlerins : Entre la mer et l'exil (2001) La chevauchée des pèlerins : La route des rêves (2002) La chevauchée des pèlerins : Échec et mat (2004) Le petit garçon qui cherchait son âme (2006) Le dernier repas (2008)

Maurice Joncas

Poetry

D'or... de sang... de bronze... (1991) Images et mirages - écrits de l'anse (1993) Eaux-delà - vingt-six chants d'amour en prose (1997) Hyperborée (1999) L'espérance retrouvée (1999) L'oiseau couché sur son aile (2000) Cantilènes et chants de mer (2005)

Stories

Chroniques d'enfance - nouveaux écrits de l'anse (1996) Le vieil homme de la colline (2006)

Distinctions

Citation Chorale de l'Alliance des chorales du Québec (1988) Prix Mérite Culturel Gaspésien (1988) Prix Gasp'Art Culture (1994) Médaille d'argent de l'Ordre du Mérite octroyé par la Fédération des Commissions scolaires du Québec (1996)

References

1936 births

2021 deaths

French Quebecers

20th-century Canadian novelists

Canadian theatre directors

People from Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

20th-century Canadian poets

20th-century Canadian short story writers

20th-century Canadian male writers

21st-century Canadian novelists

21st-century Canadian poets

21st-century Canadian short story writers

21st-century Canadian male writers

Canadian male novelists

Canadian male poets

Canadian male short story writers

Canadian novelists in French

Canadian poets in French

Canadian short story writers in French

Writers from Quebec