- Guillaume Vigneault
Guillaume Vigneault, born on
August 5 ,1970 inMontréal , is a novelist, son ofGilles Vigneault .tudies and works
After receiving a bachelor's in literary studies at the
Université du Québec à Montréal and beginning a masters degree in the same subject, he decided to be a novelist, his passion being writing. When he was young, his favorites writers were Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway and Fedor Dostoïevski. Currently, his works are similar to those of Jean-Paul Dubois and Philippe Djian. He likes to play music and was once a barman in a bar of thePlateau Mont-Royal .His book "Chercher le vent" was published in October 2001 and became a best-seller in Quebec. In 2003 it was published in English by "Douglas and McIntyre", under the title " Necessary Betrayals ".
Guillaume was the spokesman for the "Journée mondiale du livre et du droit d'auteur". In 2005 he wrote the complete text for "La dictée des Amériques".
Books
* "Carnets de naufrage" (Diary of a Shipwreck), Boréal, 2000
* "Chercher le vent" (Necessary Betrayals), Boréal, 2001Awards
* Prix Philippe-Rossillon, for "Chercher le vent" (2002)
* Prix Ringuet (Académie des lettres du Québec), for "Chercher le vent" (2002)
* Prix Jean-Hamelin, for "Chercher le vent" (2002)External links
* [http://www.litterature.org/detailauteur.asp?numero=1096 L'Ile : Guillaume Vigneault] fr icon
* [http://www.librairie-gaia.com/Archives/Vigneault/Vigneault.htm Librairie Gaïa, 2004] fr icon
* [http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/2002festival/author.php?author=61 2002's Vancouver International Writers Festival] en icon/fr icon
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