Background
André Major was born on April 22, 1942, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada to the family of Arthur Major and Anna Sharp.
Collège Jean-Eudes, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
André Major attended Collège Jean-Eudes.
Collège de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
André Major attended the Collège de Montréal.
educator writer radio producer
André Major was born on April 22, 1942, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada to the family of Arthur Major and Anna Sharp.
André Major attended the Collège de Montréal and Collège Jean-Eudes (previously Collège of Eudists) in 1955-1960. He was dismissed from the College of Eudists for reading books by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.
A freelance journalist for various newspapers from 1961 to 1962, André Major was also a publishing secretary, columnist, and critic before becoming a director on Radio-Canada's FM network in 1973. He first became known in 1961, with the appearance of 2 collections of poetry: Le Froid se meurt and Holocauste à deux voix. By 1963 he was also publishing short stories. That same year he helped to found a political and cultural magazine Parti Pris, to which he contributed until 1965. In this same period Major was especially interested in the often tragic problems of young people struggling to contain personal rebellion. Since 1968, without ceasing to express himself politically, Major has published poems and several novels. One novel, Les Rescapés (1976), won the Governor General's Award. Major is also interested in theatre and has written 2 radio plays and a stage play. In 1994, he received the Quebec Prize for all of his work.
(A French-Canadian teenager is facing his family, his envi...)
1964(This book is an English rendition of the Tales of Deserters.)
1983André Major married Ginette Lepage on June 30, 1970. They have two children: Eric and Julie.