Gaétan Soucy

Gaétan Soucy (born 21 October 1958) is a Canadian novelist and professor.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Soucy studied physics at Université de Montréal, completed a Master's degree in philosophy, and studied Japanese language and literature at McGill University.

Soucy has written four novels. His two first, "L'Immaculée conception" (translated as "The Immaculate Conception" by Lazer Lederhendler) and "L'Acquittement" (translated as "Atonement" by Sheila Fischman) are extraordinary, dark and baroque works. His third novel, "La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes" (translated as "The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches" by Fischman) caused a sensation in Quebec and was immediately translated into more than ten languages. His fourth novel, "Music-Hall!", was published in 2002, and translated as "Vaudeville!" by Fischman.

"La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes" was chosen for inclusion in the French version of "Canada Reads", broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was defended by actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician Micheline Lanctôt.

Awards and recognition

*Nominated for the Prix Renaudot, for "La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes"
*Prix Ringuet de l'Académie des lettres du Québec, for "La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes"
*Prix du grand public La Presse/Salon du livre de Montréal, for "La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes"
*"The Immaculate Conception", shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Bibliography

*"L'Immaculée conception" (1994) (translated as "The Immaculate Conception"; published in France as "8 décembre")
*"L'Acquittement" (1997) (translated as "Atonement")
*"La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes" (2000) (translated as "The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches")
* "Music-Hall!", (2002) (translated as "Vaudeville!")

External links

* [http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009521 Soucy, Gaétan] at "The Canadian Encyclopedia"
* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/gaetan-soucy/ Critical bibliography database (Auteurs.contemporain.info)] fr icon