Pierre Karch

Pierre Paul Karch (born June 20, 1941 in Saint-Jérôme , Québec , Canada ) is a Canadian writer , novelist , publisher and critic of the French language .

Life

Karch was born to Albert Karch and Lucienne Tellier. He graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and French in 1961 and a Master of Arts in French in 1963 . From 1963 to 1965 he worked as a professor at the "Collège universitaire de Rouyn-Noranda ", today Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT). He then began a doctorate at the Université de Toronto , which he completed in 1967. From 1967 to 2004 he was Professor of Literature at the Collège Glendon at York University . On May 17, 1972, he married Mariel O'Neill. In 1984 he was a founding member of the écrivains de langue française du Toronto métropolitain. From 1985 to 2012 was a member of the editorial team la revue de la nouvelle XYZ. He has stories and short stories in magazines such as Atmosphères, Les Cahiers bleus (France), Casa de las Americas (Cuba), Liaison, Liberté (Québec), Nouvelle donne (France), Rauque, RegArt (Belgium), Le Sabord, Stop, XYZ and Virages released. He has written theater reviews for CJBC, Radio-Canada and L'Express de Toronto.

Works

Novels

1982: Baptême, Sudbury, Prize de parole.
1988: Noëlle à Cuba, Sudbury, Prize de parole.
1998: Le nombril de Scheherazade , Sudbury, Prize de parole.
2007: Noëlle à Cuba, Sudbury, Prize de parole, coll. "BCF", préface de Pierre Hébert.

Nouvellen

1981: Nuits blanches, Sudbury, Prize de parole.
1991: Jeux de patience, Montréal, XYZ éditeurs, coll. «L'Ère nouvelle».
2011: Nuages, Montréal, Lévesque éditeur, coll. “Réverbérations”.

essay

1995: Les ateliers du pouvoir

Critical Editions

(in collaboration with Mariel O'Neill-Karch)

2001: Régis Roy (1864–1944), Choix de nouvelles et de contes, Ottawa, Éditions David, coll. “Voix retrouvées”, p. 259
2002: Augustin Laperrière (1829–1903), Les pauvres de Paris, Une partie de plaisir à la caverne de Wakefield ou Un monsieur dans une position critique et Monsieur Toupet ou Jean Bellegueule, Ottawa, Éditions David, coll. «Voix retrouvées», P. 211
2006: Théâtre comique de Régis Roy (1864–1944), Ottawa: Éditions David, coll. “Voix retrouvées”, p. 358

Anthologies and dictionaries

(in collaboration with Mariel O'Neill-Karch)

1974: Options. Choix de textes canadiens-français. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
1996: DICLOF. Dictionnaire des citations littéraires de l'Ontario français depuis 1960, Vanier, L'Interligne,
2006: DICLOF. Dictionnaire des citations littéraires de l'Ontario français depuis 1960, deuxième édition, revue et mise à jour, Vanier, L'Interligne, coll. "BCF"

Literary awards

1971: «La bague», winner of the second international competition, Stories and News from the French World
1990: “Le chien d'Evora”, winner of the Stop magazine's news competition

Individual evidence

↑ Results of research for “pierre karch” - L'Express. Retrieved January 7, 2018 (French Canadian).

Web links

at Le Figaro
Volume of stories "Nuages" at Levesque (French)

personal data
SURNAME	Karch, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Karch, Pierre Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian writer, novelist, publisher, and critic
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Jérôme , Quebec

[1] Results of research for “pierre karch” - L'Express. Retrieved January 7, 2018 (French Canadian).