Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: July 11, 1988
• Invested on: November 08, 1988

An acknowledged master of the short story genre, he is one of Canada's premier authors, whose deep sense of nationalism, vivid historical imagination and efforts to explore the dimensions of human experience have resulted in works of artistic brilliance. While carrying a full academic load as Professor of English at the University of Montreal, he is in the midst of writing his ambitious series of novels, The New Age/Le nouveau siÌcle.