Émile Ollivier (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Haitian writer
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Place of Birth: Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
About Émile Ollivier (writer)
- Émile Ollivier (February 19, 1940 – November 10, 2002) was a Haitian-born educator and writer living in Quebec, Canada.
- He was considered one of the most important Haitian writers of his time.He was born in Port-au-Prince and, after studying at the Lycée in Port-au-Prince, went on to study philosophy at the École normale supérieure d'Haïti and literature and psychology in France.
- Following the rise to power by François Duvalier, Ollivier left Haiti for France in 1964.
- In 1965, he came to Quebec, first settling in Amos in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, where he taught school, and later moving to Montreal.
- Ollivier worked as a coordinator for the Quebec Ministry of Education from 1973 to 1976.
- From 1977 to 1980, he was an administrator at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
- He was a professor of andragogy in the Education Sciences department of the Université de Montréal for 25 years.He married Marie-José Glémaud.In 1993, Ollivier was named a Chevalier in the National Order of Quebec.
- In 2000, he was named a Chevalier in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and was named a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec.He died in Montreal at the age of 62.The Prix Émile-Ollivier was established by the Quebec Conseil supérieur de la langue française in 2004 and was awarded until 2014.
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