François Ricard
François Ricard | |
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Ricard in 2017 | |
| Born | 4 June 1947 Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 17 February 2022 (aged 74) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer, academic |
| Notable works | La littérature contre elle-même, Gabrielle Roy, une vie |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize |
François Ricard (4 June 1947 – 17 February 2022) was a Canadian writer and academic from Quebec. He was a professor of French literature at McGill University since 1980, including a special but not exclusive focus on the work of Milan Kundera and Gabrielle Roy, and has published numerous works of non-fiction.