The University of Quebec, under the auspices of the University of Quebec at Rimouski, will present at the beginning of the fall semester 2010, Sunday, Aug. 29, an honorary doctorate to the writer Quebec Haitian Dany Laferrière .
literary work of Dany Laferrière is a contribution of originality and undeniable magnitude in the world of letters in French. Borrowing the words of his colleagues, the rector of UQAR, Mr. Michel Ringuet says: "World writer, writer of the movement, a tireless questioner of people and places, Laferriere was able to live in his works emotional worlds, protruding like bubbles of ink, which tell the child, imagination, solitude, beauty and unfailing love for literature .
Dany Laferrière's candidacy was proposed by the team of teachers of the UQAR, who wishes to pay tribute to the author for his contribution to the literature both deep impression of a sweet irony. In addition, there was no better time to UQAR honor a great writer since the doctorate honoris causa coincides with the launch of a new program by a wide room for writing and creative writing: a Bachelor of Literature and Creative Writing.
The festival will take place around Dany Laferriere at the same time UQAR welcome within its walls a dozen Haitian students who will continue their training in Quebec, after seeing their projects Study at the State University of Haiti being jeopardized by a terrible earthquake. columnist and sought after guest on numerous issues, both radio and television, author of some twenty literary, Dany Laferrière obtained in autumn 2009 the Prix Medicis and the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal. In early 2010, he was awarded the Personality of the Year of La Presse and Radio-Canada and the Grand Prix Blue Metropolis International Literary. The author has also earned nominations for prestigious awards including the Renaudot in 2006. Most recently, he received the Award of booksellers in Quebec, for her novel The Enigma return published by Grasset in 2009.
The quality of the man, his speeches and writings, and his great humanity, in the context of the implementation UQAR to a new Bachelor of Arts and creative writing, lead UQAR to nominate Dany Laferrière under doctor honoris causa .
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