Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 18, 2016
• Invested on: August 25, 2017

Since 1963, André Vanasse has devoted his career to promoting Quebec literature.
Through his work with the journal Lettres québécoises, as well as his teaching and
publishing, he has introduced the public to emerging artists who have gone on to
become influential figures in Quebec and Canadian literature. In addition to his
long career at the Université du Québec à Montréal, he founded XYZ Publishing,
the English-language division of Éditions XYZ. Through it, he publishes numerous
novels by and biographies about well-known Canadians, bringing the history and
literature of French-speaking Canada to Anglophone readers.