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| Author Roch Carrier. |
The celebrated author who put to paper the timeless true-life tale of hockey heartbreak is coming to Dalhousie.
Roch Carrier, Canada鈥檚 former national librarian and author of the beloved children鈥檚 book The Hockey Sweater, will deliver the Governor General鈥檚 Lecture of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building. Dr. Carrier鈥檚 talk is called "The Inspiring Adventures of a Man Bent over a Blank Sheet of Paper."
Dr. Carrier wrote his first novel, La Guerre, Yes Sir! in 1968. Since then, the prolific writer has written many other novels, short stories, plays, film and television scripts, essays, travel books and poetry. But he鈥檚 best known for a children鈥檚 story, The Hockey Sweater, about a kid crazy about Les Habitants and the team鈥檚 star player, Maurice 鈥淭he Rocket鈥� Richard. The story has become such a Canadian classic that an excerpt is commemorated in both official languages on the back of the Canadian five-dollar bill.聽聽
The Governor General鈥檚 Lectures of RSC are national lecture tours aimed at showcasing excellence in research and artistic activity.
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