Jacques Folch-Ribas (born November 4, 1928, in Barcelona, Spain) is a Canadian novelist and art critic from Quebec.
[2] He studied mathematics, philosophy, urban planning and architecture at university, and worked for Le Corbusier, before moving to Montreal, where he became a Canadian citizen in 1961.
[1] In Montreal, he was a longtime art and literary critic for La Presse alongside his work as a novelist.
[1] He won the Prix Québec-Paris in 1974 for Une aurore boréale,[1] the Prix Molson in 1983 for Le Valet de plume, and the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1988 for Le silence, ou Le parfait bonheur.
[1] He is a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec.