Noël Audet (December 23, 1938 – December 29, 2005) was a Canadian novelist and poet from Quebec."Décès du poète et romancier Noël Audet". Le Devoir, January 4, 2006. He is most noted as a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, receiving nominations at the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Ah, l'amour l'amour,"Governor General's finalists announced". Montreal Gazette, April 24, 1982. and at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for L'Ombre de l'épervier."Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary prizes". Montreal Gazette, February 2, 1989.
Born in Maria, Quebec, he published two books of poetry in the 1960s before publishing his debut short story collection Quand la voile faseille in 1980."Noël Audet et la langue québécoise". Le Devoir, January 13, 2006. L'Ombre de l'épervier, his most successful novel, was published in 1988 and was adapted into a television series for Télévision de Radio-Canada in 1998.Mylène Nantel, "Des mots à l'image : l'adaptation télévisuelle de L'ombre de l'épervier de Noël Audet". Voix et images, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Fall 2002), p. 60–70.
Le Roi des planeurs, the final novel published before Audet's death, was released in 2005."Noël Audet : Le vol arrêté". Les Libraires, June 20, 2005. One further novel, Entre la boussole et l'étoile, was published posthumously in 2006."Essais québécois - La boussole littéraire de Noël Audet". Le Devoir, April 1, 2006.
In addition to his writing, Audet was a longtime professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Works 1963: Figures parallèles 1968: La Tête barbare 1968: Quand la voile faseille 1981: Ah, l'amour l'amour 1984: Dix nouvelles humoristiques 1984: La Parade 1987: Ah, l'amour l'amour 1988: Premier Amour 1988: L'Ombre de l'épervier 1989: Rencontres/encuentros 1990: Écrire de la fiction au Québec 1991: Une douzaine de treize, superstitions gaspésiennes 1992: Nouvelles de Montréal 1992: L'Eau blanche 1995: Frontières ou Tableaux d'Amérique 1996: Xylon deux 1998: La Terre promise 2000: Récits de la fête 2000: La Maison du rêve 2002: Les Bonheurs d'un héros incertain 2002: Ce qu'il nous reste de liberté 2005: Le Roi des planeurs 2006: Entre la boussole et l'étoile
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