- Jacques Poulin
Jacques Poulin (born
September 23 ,1937 atSaint-Gédéon ,Quebec ) is a Canadiannovelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing. Often considered the mostNorth America n of the Quebec authors writing in French. Although it is not widely known by the general public, his work is studied widely in both French andEnglish Canada .Poulin studied
psychology and arts at theUniversité Laval inQuebec City ; he started his career as commercial translator and later became a college guidance counsellor. Only after the success of his second novel, "Jimmy" (1969), was he able to devote himself completely to his writing. Poulin has written eleven novels, most of which have been translated into English bySheila Fischman , and published by Cormorant Books. Poulin lived inParis for fifteen years, but has returned to Quebec City.Poulin's "
Volkswagen Blues " was selected as a candidate in the CBC's 2005 edition of "Canada Reads ", where it was championed byRoch Carrier , author and former National Librarian of Canada.Awards and recognition
*Winner of the Governor General's Award in 1978 for "Les grandes marées".
*Nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1984 for "Volkswagen Blues".
*Nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1989, winner of thePrix Québec-Paris in 1989, thePrix Molson from theAcadémie des lettres du Québec in 1990 and thePrix France-Québec in 1991 for "Le Vieux Chagrin".
*Winner of the Quebec government'sPrix Athanase-David in 1995
*Winner of theMolson Prize from theCanada Council in 2000Bibliography
*The "Jimmy" Trilogy:
**"Mon cheval pour un royaume" — 1967 (Translated as "My Horse for a Kingdom")
**"Jimmy" — 1969 (Translated as "Jimmy")
**"Le cœur de la baleine bleue" — 1970 (Translated as "The Heart of the Blue Whale")
*"Les grandes marées" — 1978 (Translated as "Spring Tides")
*"Volkswagen Blues" — 1984 (Translated as "Volkswagen Blues")
*"Faites de beaux rêves" — 1988 (Not yet translated)
*"Le Vieux Chagrin" — 1989 (Translated as "Mr. Blue")
*"La tournée d'automne" — 1993 (Translated as "Autumn Rounds")
*"Chat sauvage" — 1998 (Translated as "Wild Cat")
*"Les yeux bleus de Mistassini" — 2002 (Translated as "My Sister's Blue Eyes")
*"La traduction est une histoire d'amour" — 2006 (Not yet translated)ee also
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List of French-Canadian writers External links
* [http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=71 Prix Athanase-David 1995 announcement] fr icon
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/author/jacquespoulin.html Author page on Canada Reads 2005]
* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/jacques-poulin/ Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)] fr icon
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