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Albert  Roy
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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…









Literary Prizes

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

Featured Publication

 
Témiscouata blues
(2011)

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