The Lower Laurentians stand the Great Laurentian Culture Prize

Five of the nine honors awarded at the 27th delivery Great Laurentian Culture Awards were given to authors of the Lower Laurentians, namely Martial Intoxicated, Maryse Pepin, Simon Roy and Francine Allard, and the City Blainville.

Held in St. Jerome, last November, this Council annual presentation of Laurentian Culture (CDC) aims to “celebrate the talent and commitment in all artistic and cultural fields” , the Laurentian region. This year, the literary world particularly distinguished, as were evidenced by the awards on this occasion.

The price Ambassador Éditions McGray

Thus, McGray Publishing, driven by Martial Intoxicated, editor and author, and Maryse Pepin, project director, graphic designer and illustrator, both of Saint-Eustache, earned the award Ambassador , awarded in partnership with the National Society of Québec and Quebec Laurentians.

The award, with a cash prize of $ 500, is intended to highlight the influence of the publishing house beyond the borders of the region, the values ​​passed in his works, among others, with Seyrawyn collections, and the great community of readers that they have mobilized.

The price Excellency Simon Roy

For his part, Simon Roy, of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le- Lac , won the prize Excellence , which comes with a purse of $ 1,000. This time it is the radiation considered extraordinary book My life red Kubrick , excellence of writing and the author’s approach, which has been rewarded. This award was presented in partnership with Télé-Québec, which has also produced the opportunity for an exclusive video clip of Simon Roy, capsule which is available on the website of Cultural Factory.

We note in passing that Simon Roy received in May 2015, one of the two Price booksellers Quebec, for this first book My red life Kubrick , published in 2014 by Éditions du Boréal. He has also just published a new novel, this time, is entitled Owen Hopkins, Esquire .

The price Municipality in the City of Blainville

In terms of price Municipality , delivered in partnership with the Caisse Desjardins des Laurentides, it was awarded to the City of Blainville, to highlight the impact of the construction of the new library Paul Mercier.

This is, indeed, became the busiest municipal infrastructure of this city with its 1000 visitors per day, not to mention that this project has contributed to the 50% increase in subscribers. Note that a work entitled The path of the artist Geneviève Oligny, Saint-Adolphe d’Howard, was awarded to the City of Blainville, with this price.

And prices Francine Allard and Katia Canciani

Furthermore, in partnership with the Librairie Sainte-Thérèse, two awards of the most popular novels in libraries, have been awarded. Author of over 50 books and written to date, Francine Allard, Oka, won the most popular novel Prize in libraries, along with a purse of $ 1,000, which were given to him for his novel The house opposite .

As for the book prize youth most popular in libraries, which comes with a purse of $ 1000, it was awarded to Katia Canciani of Blainville, for his book A rogue squirrel.

Note that the winners of these awards were determined by statistics collected in public libraries Laurentians on the most frequently borrowed books, and therefore the most read in the last four years.

The other winners

As for the other winners honored at the awards evening, it is the poet and storyteller Naomi Thébalt of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, who won the award Young notes , awarded in partnership with Crossroads youth employment in the Laurentides region; Marlène Paquin, Mont-Saint-Michel, who was awarded the Passion , presented in partnership with members of the Laurentians; the professional accounting firm approved Butterfly and associates, Prévost, who was awarded the prize Arts and Business , awarded in partnership with Heritage Culture Laurentians.

Finally, the evening was an opportunity for the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) to award Designer of the Year in the Laurentians , the writer Louis-Philippe Hébert, Saint-Sauveur. This prize, including an amount of $ 5,000 was awarded to highlight, in the words of the jury, ” the power of his works, especially that of his recent books Mr. Blacquières and Marie Restorative . “