Jacques Folch-Ribas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jacques Folch-Ribas

Canadian architect and writer

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1928

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: writer, architect, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jacques Folch-Ribas

  • Jacques Folch-Ribas (born November 4, 1928 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Canadian novelist and art critic from Quebec.Born in Barcelona, Spain to Catalan parents, he grew up in France after his parents fled Francoist Spain in 1939.
  • He studied mathematics, philosophy, urban planning and architecture at university, and worked for Le Corbusier, before moving to Montreal, where he became a Canadian citizen in 1961.
  • In Montreal, he was a longtime art and literary critic for La Presse alongside his work as a novelist.He won the Prix QuĂ©bec-Paris in 1974 for Une aurore borĂ©ale, the Prix Molson in 1983 for Le Valet de plume, and the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1988 for Le silence, ou Le parfait bonheur.
  • He is a member of the AcadĂ©mie des lettres du QuĂ©bec.

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