François Ricard

François Ricard
Ricard in 2017
Born(1947-06-04)4 June 1947
Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
Died17 February 2022(2022-02-17) (aged 74)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationWriter, academic
Notable worksLa littérature contre elle-même, Gabrielle Roy, une vie
Notable awardsGovernor 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.