Gérard Étienne

Maya Hauptman (University of Haifa)

Ed. by Emir Delic, Université Sainte-Anne
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.4: Canadian Writing and Culture: Francophone .
Vol. editors: Emir Delic (Université Sainte-Anne), Eftihia Mihelakis (Brandon University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 28 May 1936
Died 14 Dec 2008

Places

Born in Haiti
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

Activities

Primary

Journalist
Teacher/ Professor
Writer / Author

Resources

Gérard Vergniaud Étienne (1936-2008) is a Haitian and Canadian writer, who was most active in the literary field in Quebec. He is the author of some 30 works of literature, some of which have been translated into different languages. Poet, essayist, novelist, linguist, fighting journalist, critic and playwright, he also pursued a brilliant academic career. He started his university studies with a BA in Language and Literature (licence ès lettres) at Montreal University in 1964 and completed them with a PhD in Linguistics at Strasbourg University in 1974. He spent his academic career at Moncton University, where he first taught linguistics (1971-1978) and then journalism (1979-2001), after founding the …

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Citation: Hauptman, Maya. "Gérard Étienne". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 August 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13805, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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