Lt.-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson to give reading at Confederation Centre June 23
Herménégilde Chiasson, the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, will give a reading and talk at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, June 23, at 7 p.m. A reception will follow. His reading is sponsored by the Art Gallery and the UPEI English Department. Admission is free.
Born in St-Simon, New Brunswick, Chiasson was educated at the Université de Moncton, Mount Allison University, the State University of New York and the University of Paris (Sorbonne). At the time of his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor, he was, and remains, a professor of the history of art and cinema at the Université de Moncton.
Chiasson's prodigious contributions to Acadian, New Brunswick and Canadian culture are profoundly influential, especially in the realms of theatre, literature and the visual arts. A celebrated playwright, poet, director, curator, researcher and journalist, he has written over 20 plays and directed many others, authored numerous books and countless articles, and participated in over 100 exhibitions.
His Honour worked for Radio-Canada from 1968 to 1985. He was director of Galerie d'art de l'Université de Moncton, founding president of Editions Perce-Neige, president of Galerie Sans Nom, a founding member of the Aberdeen Co-operative Cultural Centre and the Imago print workshop, founding president of Productions du Phare-Est and president of the Association acadienne des artistes professionnels et professionelles du Nouveau-Brunswick.
His awards include the Governor General's Award for Poetry, the Prix France-Acadie, the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre français des Arts et Lettres, l'Ordre des francophones d'Amérique, the Grand Prix de la francophonie canadienne, the Prix quinquennal Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie.
Chiasson's presentation is an opportunity to hear and meet one of Canada's great artists and citizens, and one of the region's distinguished treasures.
