Gilles Archambault

Gilles Archambault (born September 19, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone novelist from Quebec, Canada.
He studied at the Université de Montréal in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist. From 1988 to 1997, he broadcast a column on the "CBF Bonjour" program.
His work appeared in "La Presse", "Le Devoir", "L'Actualité", and "Le Livre d'ici".
He won the Prix Athanase-David in 1981 for his body of work, and a Governor General's Award in 1987 for "L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions", a collection of short prose pieces.
He has also written extensively about jazz.
His papers are held at the Library of Canada.