Jacques Poulin (born 23 September 1937 in
Saint-Gédéon,
Quebec) is a Canadian
novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing.
Poulin studied
psychology and arts at the
Université Laval in
Quebec City; he started his career as commercial
translator and later became a college guidance counselor. Only after the success of his second novel, Jimmy (1969), was he able to devote himself completely to his writing. Poulin has written fourteen novels, many of which have been translated into English by
Sheila Fischman, and published by Cormorant Books.
Poulin lived in
Paris for 15 years, but now lives in Quebec City.