Roland Viau
Appearance
Roland Viau | |
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Born | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec | February 6, 1954
Occupation | academic, writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1990s-present |
Notable works | Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âme, Amerindia |
Notable awards | Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction |
Roland Viau (born February 6, 1954) is a Canadian academic and writer from Quebec.[1] An ethnologist who teaches in the department of anthropology at the Université de Montréal,[2] he is a two-time winner the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 1997 Governor General's Awards for Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne[3] and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Amerindia : essais d'ethnohistoire autochtone.[2][4]
References
- ^ "L'auteur des Années lumière : Roland Viau". Ici Radio-Canada, December 6, 2015.
- ^ a b "Un second prix littéraire du Gouverneur général pour Roland Viau". Le Journal Saint-François, October 25, 2016.
- ^ Alain Testart, Roland Viau, Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes. Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne (compte rendu), revue L’Homme, 152, Esclaves et « sauvages », 1999.
- ^ "Roland Viau obtient un deuxième Prix du Gouverneur général en 20 ans". UDEM nouvelles, November 4, 2016.
Categories:
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- Canadian non-fiction writers in French
- Canadian anthropologists
- Canadian ethnologists
- Université Laval alumni
- Université de Montréal faculty
- Living people
- People from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
- Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers
- 1954 births
- Canadian male non-fiction writers
- Quebec writer stubs