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* 1989 -- [[Aurora Award |Prix Aurora]] for Short Fiction | * 1989 -- [[Aurora Award |Prix Aurora]] for Short Fiction | ||
* 1993 -- [[Aurora Award |Prix Aurora]] for Other Work (''Solaris'' Magazine) | * 1993 -- [[Aurora Award |Prix Aurora]] for Other Work (''Solaris'' Magazine) | ||
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* 1996 -- [[Boréal '96]], Salon du Livre de l'Abitibi-Témiscaminque, [[Aurora Award |Prix Aurora]] for Other Work (''Solaris'' Magazine) | * 1996 -- [[Boréal '96]], Salon du Livre de l'Abitibi-Témiscaminque, [[Aurora Award |Prix Aurora]] for Other Work (''Solaris'' Magazine) | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:44, 27 August 2020
(November 30, 1957 – May 30, 2015)
French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author and editor whose 1991 Aurora Award-nominated adult science-fiction novel, La taupe et le dragon, was was translated into English and published in the United States in 1999 by Tor Books as The Dragon's Eye. His French-language novels and short works were finalists for the Prix Aurora fifteen times, winning twice.
He helped to found and organize the annual Canadian French-language SFF Conference Congrès Boréal, which has been held annually since 1979, and served for many years on its board of directors.
He edited the French-language SFF magazine Solaris from 1992 until his death in 2015; it won the Prix Aurora nine times during his tenure.
The Utopiales Conference in France gives out the Prix Joël Champetier in his honor, which is awarded for best (non-Canadian) new writer in the French language.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1989 -- Prix Aurora for Short Fiction
- 1993 -- Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 1995 -- Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois, Prix Aurora for Long Fiction and for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 1996 -- Boréal '96, Salon du Livre de l'Abitibi-Témiscaminque, Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 1997 -- Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 2000 -- Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 2001 -- World Fantasy Convention 2001, Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 2002 -- Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 2003 -- Boréal 2003
- 2009 -- Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 2010 -- Prix Aurora for Other Work (Solaris Magazine)
- 2011 -- Boréal 2011
| Person | 1957—2015 |
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