Albert Roy
Categories: Male Authors - Francophone Authors - Novelists - Dramatists - Authors of Young Adult Literature - Southeast
Biography
Master of Arts (French literature), 1986
Université de Moncton, Moncton, N.B.
Bachelor of Education (major in French and minor in history), 1977
Université de Moncton, Moncton, N.B.
Bachelor of Arts, 1972
Collège Saint-Louis-Maillet, Edmundston, N.B.
How has New Brunswick influenced your work?
I have been inspired by its landscapes, rivers, mountains, forests, unique individuals and people with warm hearts. New Brunswick is often a central theme in my writings.
What is your favourite New Brunswick book, and why?
Le Feu du mauvais temps by Claude LeBouthillier, because I love the little story within the big one.
What do you consider to be the highlight of your career so far?
My next book…
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Literary Prizes |
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| Prix Racine (Involvement in the regional cultural scene), Conseil provincial des sociétés culturelles du Nouveau-Brunswick - 2002 | |
| Named Personnalité de l’année [“personality of the year”] by the members of the Club Richelieu of Saint-Basile - 2001 | |
| Salon 99 first prize, 14th Edmundston Book Fair, N.B. - 1999 | |
| Winner of the theme song for the BICENTENAIRE EN FÊTE of Saint-Basile, N.B. - 1992 | |
| First prize in the poetry contest organized by the Société culturelle de la Baie des Chaleurs - 1976-77 | |
| First prize at the Gala de la poésie et de la chanson [poetry and song gala] in Caraquet, N.B., and named Poet Laureate - 1975 | |
| Second prize in the poetry contest organized by the Société culturelle de la Baie des Chaleurs - 1975 | |
| First prize in the amateur contest organized by the Royal Hotel in Edmundston - 1975 |
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Featured Publication |
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Témiscouata blues (2011) |
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