Roch Carrier

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The famous Québécoise author Roch Carrier, known for writing "The Hockey Sweater" and "Our life with the rocket: the Maurice Richard story," has always loved hockey ever since he can remember. And as you can see from his book The Hockey Sweater, his favourite team was the Montréal Canadians. Also his favourite player was Maurice Richard aka "the rocket." Roch Carrier's hometown is Sainte-Justine-de-Dorchester in Quebec. Roch Carrier's way of expressing his love of hockey is not only playing it, it's also sharing it with other people by his writing like a lot of great authors do. Very ironically Roch Carrier confessed to being the worst hockey player in his village. As a child Roch Carrier knew he wanted to be a writer when he was older. One of the biggest disappointments of his life was when he got a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater instead of the Montréal Canadians sweater he wanted.

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Roch Carrier went to a few colleges and universities; he attended College St-Louis, the University of Montreal and Sorbonne in Paris, France. He has also been a teacher since 1964; he taught literature at the French Department of the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean in 1970. In 1991 he was made an Officer of the order of Canada. In 1992 Roch Carriers book "Prières d'un enfant très très sage" won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. For three years (from 1994 to 1997) Roch Carrier was the head of the Canada council (created to promote the study and enjoyment of the arts) also know as the Canadian council of the Arts. A year later in 1998 he ran as an electoral candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party, he lost by 309 votes. In 1999 he was named National Librarian of Canada, he kept that name for 5 years until 2004.

Roch Carrier has been involved in theatre also, his books La guerre, yes sir! and Floralie, où es-tu?. La guerre, yes sir! In 1970 and was also made into a movie. And Floralie, où es-tu? In 1974. Ironically both of those plays sold more in English then French. His book The Hockey Sweater was put on the back of the 5 dollar bill. There is a school in Kanata, Ontario named after him; it's called RCES (Roch Carrier Elementary.) He has also written 25 books including his bestselling novel "Our life with the rocked the Maurice Richard story." Roch Carrier has also published 2 collections of poetry Les Jeux incompris (1956) and Cherche tes mots, cherche tes pas (1958). He is among the best known Quebec writers in English Canada.

Roch Carrier reached both his goals that he set as a child. He wanted to be a writer he has written 25 books and he also wanted to be involved in life and now he is very well know. He has been involved in several thinks including writing, politics, teachers and theatre. Roch has won many awards for his books. And he expresses his love of hockey through his writing. Even though he was considered the worst hockey player in his village didn’t mean that he gave up his passion for hockey.
• Jolis deuils: Petites tragédies pour adults — 1964,
• La guerre, yes sir! — 1968 ( translated in— 1970),
• Floralie, où es-tu ? — 1969 (translated in — 1971),
• Il est par là, le soleil — 1970 (translated in— 1972),
• Le deux-millième étage — 1973 (translated in— 1974),
• Le jardin des délices — 1975 (translated in— 1978),
• Il n'y a pas de pays sans grand-père — 1977 (translated in— 1981),
• Les Enfants du bonhomme dans la lune — 1979 (translated in — 1979),
• Les voyageurs de l'arc-en-ciel — 1980,
• Céleste bicyclette — 1980 (translated as The Celetial Bicycle),
• La dame qui avait des chaînes aux chevilles — 1981,
• Le cirque noir — 1982,
• Ne faites pas mal à l'avenir — 1984,
• De l'amour dans la ferraille — 1984,
• La fleur et autres personages — 1985,
• Un chameau en Jordanie — 1988,
• Enfants de la planète — 1989,
• L'homme dans le placard — 1991,
• Le cannot dans les nuages — 1991,
• Prières d'un enfant très très sage — 1991 (translated as Prayers of a Very Wise Child),
• Fin — 1994
• Petit homme tornade — 1996,
• Prières d'un adolescent très très sage — 1998,
• Une chaise — 1999,
• Les moines dans la tour — 2004,

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In conclusion, Roch Carrier is considered very successful. He has accomplished a lot of things like writing bestsellers, and running as an electoral candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party, being the resident dramatist with the Theatre du Nouveau Monde and having a school named after him. He is a huge hockey fan and he uses his love of hockey in his writing. And his well known book The Hockey Sweater was put on the back of the five dollar bill. He is also one of the most well known Canadians.

Works Cited

"Carrier, Roch." The Canadian Encyclopedia. 14 Apr. 2008 .

"Looking back at Roch Carrier's beloved Hockey Sweater | Habs Inside/Out." Habs Inside/Out | Absolutely everything about the Montreal Canadiens. 14 Apr. 2008 .

"Roch Carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Main Page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 6 Mar. 2008 .

"Roch Carrier." UCDavis Particle Theory: Terning. 14 Apr. 2008 .

"Roch Carrier." Welcome to the LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA website | Bienvenue au site Web BIBLIOTH?UE ET ARCHIVES CANADA. 10 Mar. 2008 .

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