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Gérard Bessette

Gérard Bessette received the Prix David award in 1980, Québec’s most prestigious literary award. He was also the pioneer in psychoanalytic literary criticism in Canada.

Names Gérard Bessette (Main) BE [n76.4]
Related Pages Gérard Bessette on LGLC
Gérard Bessette on VIAF
Birth Date 1920/02/25
Birth Place https://lglc.ca/place/Ste Anne de Sebrevois,QUE/
Death Date 2005/02/21
Death Place https://lglc.ca/place/KIN/
Identities Canadian

BG [Jacques Allard, “Gérard Bessette,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 21 October 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bessette-gerard]

Occupations Novelist
1958 - 1985

Jacques Allard, “Gérard Bessette,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 21 October 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bessette-gerard

Critic
1968 - 1979

Jacques Allard, “Gérard Bessette,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 21 October 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bessette-gerard

Professor HigherEducation
1946 - 1979

Jacques Allard, “Gérard Bessette,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 21 October 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bessette-gerard

Associated Places University of Saskatchewan (Employee)
1946 - 1949

Jacques Allard, “Gérard Bessette,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 21 October 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bessette-gerard

Queen's University (Employee) - 1979

Jacques Allard, “Gérard Bessette,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 21 October 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bessette-gerard