Guy Sylvestre
Jean-Guy Sylvestre | |
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Director of the National Library of Canada | |
In office 1968–1983 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sorel, Quebec | May 17, 1918
Died | September 26, 2010 Ottawa, Ontario | (aged 92)
Guy Sylvestre (Jean-Guy Sylvestre), OC, FRSC (May 17, 1918 – September 26, 2010) was a Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant.
Born in Sorel, Quebec, he attended College Ste-Marie, Montreal, and received his B.A. in 1939 and MA in 1942 from the University of Ottawa where he began his literary career as writer and critic.
By his early twenties, he was already the author of several articles in journals and newspapers, literary critic for the Ottawa newspaper
Sylvestre served as a translator in the
In 1956 to 1968, he was Associate Director of the Library of Parliament and then became the second National Librarian at what is now Library and Archives Canada from 1968 to 1983. The library experienced extraordinary growth under his leadership, housed in a new building on Wellington Street. The collection grew rapidly and the national bibliography Canadiana was automated.
After retirement from the civil service, he was President of the
President,
In 1943, he married Françoise Poitevin. They had a daughter (Marie) and three sons (Jean, Louis and Paul). They have two grandchildren Jean Martin and Julie Michelle.
Bibliography
- Louis Francoeur, journaliste, 1941
- Situation de la poésie canadienne, 1942
- Anthologie de la poésie canadienne d'expression française, 1943
- Poètes catholiques de la France contemporaine, 1944
- Jules Laforgue, 1945
- Sondages, 1945
- Impressions de théâtre, 1950
- Panorama des lettres canadiennes françaises, 1964
- Canadian writers / Écrivains canadiens, 1964
- Un siècle de littérature canadienne, 1967
- Guidelines for national libraries, 1987.
- Full publications list at WorldCat
References
- ^ "Académie des lettres du Québec". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ "The Royal Society of Canada: Past presidents and former officers". www.rsc.ca. Archived from the original on 2006-10-07.
External links
- Collections Canada: A Speech by Dr. Guy Sylvestre
- Collections Canada: Guy Sylvestre
- The Royal Society of Canada: Past Presidents
- IFLA Anniversary
- Canadiana: CIHM Anniversary
- IFLA Guidelines for National Libraries
- CBC News Archive: The National Library of Canada opens new HQ
- PSC: Outstanding Performance Awards
- Guy Sylvestre biography at Ex Libris Association
- Archives of Guy Sylvestre (Fonds Guy Sylvestre, R11816) are held at Library and Archives Canada. Records are in French and English.