2003 Louisiana Writer Award RecipientCarl Brasseaux
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Personal InformationFamily: Born August 19, 1951, in Opelousas, LA; son of Ferdinand, Jr. (an electrical technician) and Odile Valjean (a homemaker; maiden name, Johnson) Brasseaux; married Glenda Marie Melancon (a teacher and administrator), July 21, 1973; children: Ryan Andre, David Marc, Aimee Elizabeth. Ethnicity: "Cajun." AwardsKemper Williams Prize, 1979, for best manuscript on Louisiana history; Robert L. Brown Prize, 1980, for best article in Louisiana History; Presidents' Memorial Award, Louisiana Historical Association, 1986, for article "The Moral Climate of French Louisiana, 1699-1763" (published in Louisiana History, XXVII, 1986); book prize, French Colonial Historical Society, 1987; special lifetime achievement award, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1987, for contributions to the study of Louisiana genealogy; Golden Achievement Award, Breaux Bridge Historical Society, 1989; Chevalier, l'Ordre des Palmes Acad�miques, dipl�me, 1991, medal, 1994; National Daughters of the American Revolution Award, 1995; University Distinguished Professor of History, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1995. CareerUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly the University of Southwestern Louisiana), Lafayette, LA, assistant director of Center for Louisiana Studies, 1975--, curator of Center for Louisiana Studies colonial records collection, 1980--, manager of Center for Louisiana Studies' information systems, member of university's Board of Editors, 1975--, adjunct assistant professor, 1987-90, assistant professor of history, 1991-94, associate professor, 1994-98, professor of history, 1998--; writer. Photographer for various organizations, including Center for Louisiana Studies, 1975--; Southeastern Borderlands Association, secretary-treasurer, 1980-81; member of Board of Directors of Louisiana Francophone Studies Association, 1984-85, Attakapas Historical Association, 1984-92, and Louisiana Historical Association, 1987-90; Attakapas Historical Association, vice president, 1986-88, president, 1988-89; served on Southeastern Columbus Quincentenary Commission, 1987-92; Macmillan Publishing Company, freelance editor for Scribner's Reference Book Division, 1991-92; Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival, advisory board member, 1993--; John Muir Publications, freelance editor, 1994; Universite Laval (Quebec, P.Q.), visiting professor, 1994; Louisiana Historical Association, fellow, 2000; consultant to various businesses, organizations, and institutions; speaker at professional gatherings and civic organizations; has been interviewed by television and radio programs associated with various organizations, including National Public Radio, Australian National Broadcasting, Polish National Television, Canadian Broadcasting Company, Radio France, Belgian National Radio, Cable News Network, and German National Public Radio. Writings by the Author
Also author of maps published by Attakapas Historical Association (Lafayette, LA): with Gertrude C. Taylor, Land Grants of the Southwestern Opelousas District, 1982; with Gertrude C. Taylor, Land Grants on Upper Vermilion River, 1982; and, with Gertrude Taylor and Glenn R. Conrad, Land Grants, Land Claims, and Public Land Sales, 1821- 1856, of the Lower Vermilion Area, 1983. Contributor to books, including The Cajuns: Essays on Their History and Culture, edited by Glenn R. Conrad, University of Southern Louisiana Press (Lafayette, LA), 1978; Acadie tropicale: Poesie de Louisiane, Centre d'Etudes louisianaises, 1983; The Sun King: Louis XIV and the New World, edited by Stephen G. Reinhardt, Louisiana State Museum (New Orleans, LA), 1984; (seventy-six biographical sketches in) Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, 1988; Biographies of Louisiana's Governors, edited by Joseph G. Dawson III, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 1990; Encyclopedia of American Immigrant Cultures, Macmillan, 1997; and American National Biography, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1999. Contributor of articles and book reviews to periodicals, including American Historical Review, Attakapas Gazette, Louisiana History, Louisiana Review, McNeese Review, Gulf Coast Historical Review, Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, Journal of Popular Culture, Architecture South, Mississippi River Routes, Feux Follets, and Louisiane. Editor with Glenn R. Conrad, six-pamphlet series: Top Ten Essays: [1980-1985] Louisiana History Essay Contest, Louisiana Historical Association (Baton Rouge, LA), 1981-86. Editor with others, A Franco-American Overview Series, volumes V-IX, National Bilingual Materials Development Center, 1979-82. Managing editor, Attakapas Gazette, 1975-79, Attakapas Historical Association's special publications series, 1975-77, Louisiana History Newsletter, 1993--, Louisiana History, 1993--, and the World Wide Web pages of the Louisiana Historical Association and the Center for Louisiana Studies, 1996--. Consulting editor of Louisiana Review/Revue de Louisiane, 1976-82, and Attakapas Gazette, 1979--. Associate editor, Revue Francophone de Louisiane/Louisiana Francophone Review, 1984-86; and associate editor of and contributor to Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, 1982-88. Editorial board member, Gulf Coast Historical Review, 1987--, and Red River Valley Historical Quarterly, 1997--. Work under the pseudonym Antoine Bourque includes: Paroles et Musique and, with Math� Allain and Barry Ancelet, Les Editions de la Nouvelle Acadie, both "ecrits litteraires"; "nouvelle, " "Ma vie parmi les t�tes rouges" in Feux Follets, III (1993); and poems in Louisiane and Acadie tropicale: Poesie de Louisiane, Centre d'Etudes louisianaises (Lafayette, LA), 1983. Source CitationContemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006. |
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