Louis Caron (born July 21, 1942) is a Canadian journalist and writer from Quebec. [1] He is most noted for his novels The Draft Dodger (L'Emmitouflé), which won the Prix Québec-Paris in 1977, [2] Le canard de bois, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1981 Governor General's Awards, and Les fils de la liberté II: La corne de brume, which was a finalist for the same award at the 1982 Governor General's Awards, and as co-creator and writer of the television drama series He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte). [3]
He worked as a journalist for Radio-Canada and Le Nouvelliste prior to publishing his first novel, L'Illusioniste, in 1973. [1]
In 2015 he published ''Le visionnaire, the first novel in a new trilogy of historical novels which represented his first new published work since 2005. [4]
Works
- L'Illusionniste (1973)
- L'Emmitouflé (1977)
- Le Bonhomme Sept-heures ISBN 0776130307
- Le Canard de bois (1981, ISBN 2020058898)
- Les Fils de la liberté II. La Corne de brume (1982, ISBN 2020064790)
- Racontages (1983, ISBN 2890520846)
- Le Vrai Voyage de Jacques Cartier (1984)
- Marco-Polo : Le nouveau livre des merveilles (1985)
- La Vie d'artiste (1987, ISBN 2890522083)
- Au fond des mers (1987, ISBN 2890522091)
- Les Fils de la liberté III. Le coup de poing (1990, ISBN 2020105918)
- Les Chemins du Nord . La tuque et le béret (1992-1993, ISBN 2909241173)
- Les Chemins du Nord II. Le Bouleau et l'épinette (1993, ISBN 2-909241-40-8)
- Montréal : un parfum d'îles (1994, ISBN 2-7604-0458-7)
- Terre des Inuit (1997, ISBN 2-920718-68-1)
- Les Chemins du Nord III. L'outarde et la palombe (1999, ISBN 2-84187-165-7)
- Le Corps collectionneur (2000, ISBN 2-922265-14-5)
- Il n'y a plus d'Amérique (2002, ISBN 2-7646-0160-3)
- Tête heureuse (2005, ISBN 2-7646-0413-0)
- Le Temps des bâtisseurs 1. Le visionnaire (2015, ISBN 2-8098-1692-1)
References
- ^ a b "Louis Caron". The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 23, 2008.
- ^ "Limelight may be squirreled away". The Globe and Mail, July 22, 1980.
- ^ "It's hockey month in Montreal as actors lace up for a bilingual TV series". Montreal Gazette, July 12, 1985.
- ^ "Le retour de Louis Caron". Le Nouvelliste, May 29, 2015.
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