- Yves Beauchemin
Yves Beauchemin (born
26 June 1941 ) is aQuebec novelist.Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Beauchemin received his degree in
French literature and art history at theUniversité de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at theCollège Garneau andUniversité Laval . Beauchemin was working as an editor in aMontreal publishing firm when he began contributing essays and stories to magazines and newspapers. In 1969 he accepted a position as a researcher atRadio-Québec .Beauchemin's first novel, "L'enfirouapé" (1974), won the
Prix France-Québec . His second novel, "Le matou" (1981), became the all-time best-selling novel in Quebec literature and has been translated into seventeen languages. Beauchemin won thePrix Jean Giono for his third novel, "Juliette Pormerleau" (1989).In his fiction Beauchemin is a detached but caring observer of the contemporary world around him. The panoramic canvases of his novels capture the teeming life of the streets, reflecting their author's appreciation of such great nineteenth-century writers as Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky and Gogol.
He resides in Longueuil, Quebec.
Bibliography
*"L'enfirouapé" - 1974
*"Le matou" - 1981 (translated as "The Alley Cat" - 1986)
*"Juliette Pormerleau" - 1989 (translated as "Juliette" - 1990)
*"Le second violon" - 1996 (translated as "The Second Violin" - 1998)External links
* [http://www.quebec-amerique.com/00_AUTEUR/HTML_0/12b.html Biography at Québec Amérique] (in French)
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