Pierre Yergeau

Canadian novelist

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Pierre Yergeau
Born	(1957-10-04) October 4, 1957 (age 66) Abitibi, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Novelist, short story, essay, theater play, poetry
Language	French
Nationality	Canadian

Pierre Yergeau (born October 4, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, who was a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction. He received a Mention spéciale from the Organisation internationale de la francophonie in 2006 for his novel La Cité des vents, the Prix Ringuet in 2005 for his novel Les amours perdues, and the Prix Hervé Foulon for L'Écrivain public in 2019. He also received the Prix du Signet d'Or for his first book, Tu attends la neige, Léonard?

He received Governor General's nominations at the 1993 Governor General's Awards for Tu attends la neige, Léonard?,^[1] at the 2002 Governor General's Awards for La désertion,^[2] and at the 2006 Governor General's Awards for La Cité des vents.^[3]

Born in Abitibi, Quebec, Yergeau was educated at Concordia University and the Université de Montréal.^{[citation needed]}

His play on the famous French Writer Colette, Le Vent respire pour toi, was played by the comedian Macha Limonchik during the Festiva international de la littératurel at the Outremont Theatre in 2023.^{[citation needed]}

He has published a book of poems, La théorie de l'existence, at the Éditions du Noroît on his wife who died in december 2020 from breast cancer.

Yergeau lives in Italy with his dog.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Val Ross, "Literary shortlist generates a buzz: 1993 Governor-General's awards continue a tradition of controversy". The Globe and Mail, October 29, 1993.
^ Paul Gessell, "Mistry sidelined by Canada's literati: Lesser-known writers nominated for Governor General's Literary Awards". Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 2002.
^ "Nominees for Governor General's Literary Awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 16, 2006.