Encountering
Gabrielle Roy

Bibliography and Awards

• Works by Gabrielle Roy
• Translations of Gabrielle Roy's Works
• Major Prizes and Honours Awarded to Gabrielle Roy

Works by Gabrielle Roy

• Bonheur d'occasion (1945) / The Tin Flute
• La Petite Poule d'Eau (1950) / Where Nests the Water Hen
• Alexandre Chenevert (1954) / The Cashier
• Rue Deschambault (1955) / Street of Riches
• La montagne secrète (1961) / The Hidden Mountain
• La route d'Altamont (1966) /The Road Past Altamont
• La rivière sans repos (1970) / Windflower
• Cet été qui chantait (1972) / Enchanted Summer
• Un jardin au bout du monde (1975) / Garden in the Wind
• Ma vache Bossie (1976) / My Cow Bossie
• Ces enfants de ma vie (1977) / Children of My Heart
• Fragiles lumières de la terre (1978) / The Fragile Lights of Earth
• Courte-queue (1979) / Cliptail
• De quoi t'ennuies-tu, Éveline? (1982)
• La détresse et l’enchantement (1984) / Enchantment and Sorrow
• L'Espagnole et la Pékinoise (1986) / The Tortoiseshell and the Pekinese
• Ma chère petite sœur. Lettres à Bernadette, 1943-1970 (1988) / Letters to Bernadette
• Le temps qui m'a manqué (1997)
• Le pays de Bonheur d'occasion et autres récits autobiographiques épars et inédits (2000)
• "Mon cher grand fou...". Lettres à Marcel Carbotte, 1947-1979 (2001)
• Intimate Strangers: The Letters of Margaret Laurence & Gabrielle Roy (2004)
• Femmes de lettres. Lettres de Gabrielle Roy à ses amies, 1945-1978 (2005)
• In Translation: The Gabrielle Roy-Joyce Marshall Correspondence (2005)
• Rencontres et entretiens avec Gabrielle Roy, 1947-1979 (2005)
• Heureux les nomades et autres reportages, 1940-1945 (2007)

Translations of Gabrielle Roy's Works

Almost as soon as they were published, Gabrielle Roy's books were translated into English and published by McClelland & Stewart, and subsequently included in the canonical series the New Canadian Library.

Gabrielle Roy had a good knowledge of English, the language in which she received her education and taught in Manitoba. During her first trip to London, she had even considered writing in English, as she was more familiar with English literature than with French literature. She closely monitored the translation of her books into English and developed a friendship with one of her translators, Joyce Marshall, with whom she maintained a steady correspondence.

Gabrielle Roy's works have been published in at least 18 languages, including English, German, Chinese, Korean, Danish, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Czech and Ukrainian.

Major Prizes and Honours Awarded to Gabrielle Roy

Gabrielle Roy was recognized with many prestigious prizes, some of which were awarded to a Canadian author for the first time. Few writers have received as many civic and literary honours. Here is a brief overview.