Gérald Tougas (1933 – 1 October 2019) was a Canadian writer, who won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1990 Governor General's Awards for his debut novel, La Mauvaise foi."Governor General's winners announced". Halifax Daily News, January 23, 1991.
Originally from Manitoba,"Nouveau livre de Gérald Tougas" . Le 6 à 9, March 18, 2013. he spent much of his adult life in Quebec teaching at the CEGEP level."Three out of these five Quebec novels shine". Montreal Gazette, January 19, 1991. Following his award win, he served on the French-language fiction jury for the 1993 Governor General's Awards."Quebec book editors oppose fiction choice". The Globe and Mail, December 3, 1993.
He published the short story collection La clef de sol et autres récits in 1996,"Regions of the soul". Toronto Star, July 30, 2000. and the novel Le deuxième train de la nuit in 2013. Le deuxième train de la nuit was a shortlisted Governor General's Award finalist at the 2013 Governor General's Awards."Gérald Tougas finaliste aux Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général". La Voix de l'Est, October 3, 2013. Rachelle Renaud received an honourable mention from the John Glassco Translation Prize for Any Mail? and Other Stories, the English-language translation of La clef de sol."Yiddish writer wins prize". Montreal Gazette, October 3, 2000. He died on 1 October 2019.
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