- -The author received three Gemini awards, in 1996 and 1997, for the telenovelas Montréal P.Q. and Bouscotte. He was also awarded the Athanasie-David Prize in 2001 and the Gilles-Corbeil Prize in 2011 for his entire work.
- In 1974, he was awarded the Governor General's Prize for his novel Don Quixote de la démanche.
- -His literary career began in 1967, when he won the Larousse-Hachette Prize for an essay on Victor Hugo, to whom he devoted great admiration.
- -In 2018, he was appointed companion of the Quebec Order of Arts and Letters.
- -He was young when his father abandoned his farm and moved his entire family to Montreal-North.
- -He was a candidate for the Independence Party in the riding of Rivière-du-Loup in the 2008 Quebec provincial election.
- -Also journalist and publisher (VLB éditions).
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