{"id":4124,"date":"2021-10-20T17:26:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T17:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2021-10-21T01:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T01:28:37","slug":"featured-artist-gabriel-osson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/artists\/featured-artist-gabriel-osson\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artist: Gabriel Osson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4124\" class=\"elementor elementor-4124\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b29f8ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b29f8ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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gabriel osson writer author\" width=\"350\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-242x300.jpg 242w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-827x1024.jpg 827w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-768x951.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-1241x1536.jpg 1241w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-920x1139.jpg 920w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-230x285.jpg 230w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-350x433.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson-480x594.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GabrielOsson.jpg 1654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Gabriel Osson is a poet, novelist and painter. Born in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), he lives in Toronto.<\/p><p>Retired from the Ontario Ministry of Education where he served for ten years. Previously, he was a manager at the College Bor\u00e9al in Toronto preceded a long career in private enterprise in addition to having been a consultant in organizational development.<\/p><p>He devotes himself full time to writing. He gives lectures and leads writing workshops for different audiences, whether retirees or high school students in French-language schools in Ontario during the Mordus des mots tour. Very involved in the Toronto Francophonie, Gabriel sits on various boards of directors: the Association of Authors and Authors of French Ontario (AAOF) of which he is the president; and the Toronto Radio Cooperative as a director. He also hosts the weekly Franco D\u00e9couvertes on Toronto\u2019s francophone radio station, CHOQ FM.<\/p><p>Passionate about the environment Gabriel also sits on the board of directors of the Trees That Feed Foundation, which plants trees in different countries.<br \/>Wanting to serve the children of his country of origin, he chairs the Haiti Futur-Canada Association, which aims to install interactive digital whiteboards with solar panels in rural schools in Haiti.<br \/>As a painter, he participated in numerous exhibitions and his paintings are found in several private collections.<\/p><h3>His most recent publications are:<\/h3><ul><li>Les voix du chemin (Terre d\u2019Accueil, 2021) Released June 2021<\/li><li>Le jour se l\u00e8vera &#8211; Roman (David, 2020)<\/li><li>Po\u00e8mes de la r\u00e9sistance: Collective\u00a0(Prise de paroles, 2019)<\/li><li>Hubert, le restav\u00e8k &#8211; Roman (David, 2017)<\/li><li>J\u2019ai march\u00e9 sur les \u00e9toiles, sept le\u00e7ons apprises sur le chemin de Compostelle. (September 2015, reissue 2019).<\/li><li>Envol\u00e9es &#8211; Poems (2009, 2015, 2017 and 2019)<\/li><li>Haiti, I love you: Collective (Vermilion, 2010)<\/li><li>Les muses s\u2019amusent en l\u2019an 2000:\u00a0Collective (AAOF, 2000)<\/li><\/ul><h3>Distinctions:<\/h3><p>His first novel, Hubert, le restav\u00e8k, published by \u00c9ditions David earned him a finalist for the Christine Dumitriu-van-Saanen Prize in 2017. This first novel brought Gabriel Osson to travel Ontario, invited him to the Salon du livre de Brussels, Paris, Haiti, Quebec.<\/p><p>His second novel, Le jour se l\u00e8vera, published by \u00c9ditions David, earned him the Alain-Thomas Prize in 2021.<br \/>He received a grant from the CAO to write his third novel, which he has just completed.<\/p><p>He received a grant from the ACC for the recording of a CD of poetry accompanied by music. 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