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Bertrand Vac was the nom de plume of Quebec novelist and surgeon Aimé Pelletier (b. Aug. 20, 1914, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Quebec; d. July 23, 2010, Montreal).〔Philip Fine, (Montreal surgeon led parallel life as writer ). The ''Globe and Mail'', October 13, 2010; www.theglobeandmail.com〕〔French Wikipedia profile of Bertrand Vac; www.fr.wikipedia.org, as referenced to Frédérique Doyon, (Décès de l'écrivain Bertrand Vac ). Le Devoir, July 28, 2010; www.ledevoir.com.〕 ==History== :::''Cynicism saves you a lot of time.'' ::::Bertrand Vac, ''Mes pensées "profondes"'' (1967)〔 Aimé Pelletier, writing as Bertrand Vac, developed a literary career while working for over fifty years at the Verdun General Hospital as a surgeon and, in semi-retirement, as a surgical assistant. His literary activities were initially hidden from his medical colleagues.〔 Pelletier was born the eighth of ten children to the local surgeon at Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Quebec. The family later relocated to Joliette, Quebec. Pelletier, originally wishing to become an architect, was persuaded to become a doctor by his father. Pelletier graduated from the Laval University medical school in 1939.〔〔Pelletier's (obituary at the Union des Écrivaines et Écrivains Québecois ) states that he graduated from the Université de Montréal medical school, rather than the Université Laval; www.uneq.gc.ca.〕 He volunteered for service during the Second World War, and was with the medical corps both during the war and until 1946. He worked in field hospitals behind the front lines in France, particularly during the Battle of Normandy, when he arrived in France as part of the Normandy Invasion.〔〔Union des Écrivaines et Écrivains Québecois, (Obituary of Bertrand Vac ); www.uneq.qc.ca.〕 Pelletier's ''nom de plume'' was developed in France. After the war, Pelletier chose to study surgery in Paris, where his colleagues preferred to call him "Bernard", rather than "Aimé". Vac was chosen as his literary surname because it represented the Hindu God of Speech.〔 Pelletier wrote fourteen books during a sixty year literary career, primarily with publisher ''Le cercle du livre de France'', later known ''Les Éditions Pierre Tisseyre''.〔 He won the Prix du Cercle du livre de France on three occasions.〔 Pelletier is also believed to be the first Quebec writer to publish a detective novel (''L'assassin dans l'hôpital'', 1956).〔 As Bertrand Vac, Pelletier has been the subject of academic commentary and analysis.〔See, for example, Anna Schoderboeck, (''The element of frustration in the French-Canadian novel 1940-1954'' ). Doctoral dissertation, The University of Western Ontario, 2006; www.gradworks.umi.com.〕 Pelletier's novels, such as ''Louise Genest'' (1950) and ''Saint-Pépin, P.Q.'' (1955) are considered to have influenced a generation.〔Uncredited, (Publication announcement of ''À mon seul désir'' ); www.quebec-amerique.com.〕 The themes of adultery in his early works were groundbreaking at that particular time in the history of Quebec literature.〔 Many of his works are particularly referenced to Montreal's Golden Square Mile, where Pelletier lived for over half a century.〔 None of his works have been translated from the original French. Pelletier's ashes are interred at his ancestral cemetery, located in Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec.〔Obituary, (Aimé (Bertrand Vac) Pelletier ); www.inmemoriam.ca.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bertrand Vac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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