Herménégilde Chiasson

Herménégilde Chiasson, ONB (* April 7, 1946 in Saint -Simon, New Brunswick ) is a Canadian artist. He is one of the most important artists of the French-speaking minority of the Acadians. Among other things, he was a poet, writer, film and theater director, photographer, and as a screenwriter. From August 2003 to September 2009 Chiasson was Vice Governor of the Province of New Brunswick and represented as such, the head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, at the provincial level.

Biography

Chiasson has five university degrees: Bachelor's degree from the Université de Moncton (1967 ) and Mount Allison University (1972 ), Master at the Sorbonne (1975) and the State University of New York ( 1981) and doctorate at the Sorbonne (1983). From 1968 to 1985 he worked intermittently at Radio -Canada. During this time he produced numerous cultural radio and television broadcasts, he also led several cultural institutions in New Brunswick. In 1988 he was a professor of art history and cinematography at the Université de Moncton.

In addition to his professional activities in radio, television and at the University Chiasson pursued his own artistic career. He wrote several volumes of poetry and plays, he was also a producer and director of 20 films, which mainly deal with the culture and history of the Acadians. Chiasson received several awards, including the Prix France- Acadie, the Ordre des francophones d' Amérique, the Grand Prix de la francophonie canadienne and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1999, the Université de Moncton awarded him an honorary doctorate.

On August 26, 2003 Chiasson was appointed by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on a proposal by Prime Minister Paul Martin as Vice- Governor of New Brunswick. Martin's successor, Stephen Harper announced in April 2008, the extension of Chiassons five -year term by a year known. Was due to the orientation of the Acadian World Congress in August 2009., The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, he held until September 30, 2009.

Works

Poetry

• Mourir à Scoudouc (1974 )
• Rapport sur ​​l' état ​​de mes illusions ( 1976)
• Précis d' intensité (1985 )
• Prophéties (1986 )
• Vous (1991 )
• Existences (1991 )
• Vermeer ( 1992)
• Miniatures (1995 )
• Climats (1996 )
• Conversations ( 1998)
• Actions ( 2000)

Essays

• L' événement Rimbaud (1991 )
• Pour une culture de l' injure (1999)

Theater

• Becquer Bobo (1976 )
• Au plus fort la poche (1977 )
• Au pays des Côtes (1978 )
• Atarelle et les Pakmaniens (1986 )
• L'Exil d' Alex ( 1993)
• Eleanor (1998)
• Laurie ou la vie de galerie (2002)

Movies

• Toutes les photos finissent par se ressembler (1985 )
• Robichaud (1989)
• Le taxi Cormier (1989 )
• Jack Kerouac 's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey (1989 )
• Marchand de la mer (1991 )
• Acadie à venir (1992 )
• Les années noires (1995 )
• L' Acadie retrouvée (1995 )
• L' épopée (1996 )
• Photographies (1999)
• 1604 (2003)