[1] He is most noted as a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, receiving nominations at the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Ah, l'amour l'amour,[2] and at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for L'Ombre de l'épervier.
[3] Born in Maria, Quebec,[1] he published two books of poetry in the 1960s before publishing his debut short story collection Quand la voile faseille in 1980.
[5] Le Roi des planeurs, the final novel published before Audet's death, was released in 2005.
[6] One further novel, Entre la boussole et l'étoile, was published posthumously in 2006.
[7] In addition to his writing, Audet was a longtime professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.