Maurice Joncas
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Born26 June 1936
Pointe-Jaune, Quebec, Canada
Died13 June 2021 (aged 84)
Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
OccupationWriter
Maurice Joncas | |
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 Joncas in 2005 | |
| Born | 26 June 1936 Pointe-Jaune, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 13 June 2021 (aged 84) Gaspé, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
Maurice Joncas (26 June 1936 – 13 June 2021) was a Canadian writer.[1]
In 1968, Joncas began participating in numerous shows as a director, actor, and producer. The following year, he was a founding member of the Théâtre de l'Astran de Gaspé. A multidisciplinary artist known throughout the Gaspé Peninsula, he also practiced singing and painting. He made a career as a secondary school French teacher and retired in 1996.[2]
Maurice Joncas died in Gaspé on 13 June 2021 at the age of 84.[3]
Novels
- La chevauchée des pèlerins : Entre la mer et l'exil (2001)[4]
- La chevauchée des pèlerins : La route des rêves (2002)
- La chevauchée des pèlerins : Échec et mat (2004)
- Le petit garçon qui cherchait son âme (2006)
- Le dernier repas (2008)
Poetry
- D'or... de sang... de bronze... (1991)
- Images et mirages - écrits de l'anse (1993)
- Eaux-delà - vingt-six chants d'amour en prose (1997)
- Hyperborée (1999)
- L'espérance retrouvée (1999)
- L'oiseau couché sur son aile (2000)
- Cantilènes et chants de mer (2005)
