Louis Caron Explained
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
- Le Canard de bois (1981,)
- Les Fils de la liberté II. La Corne de brume (1982,)
- Racontages (1983,)
- Le Vrai Voyage de Jacques Cartier (1984)
- Marco-Polo : Le nouveau livre des merveilles (1985)
- La Vie d'artiste (1987,)
- Au fond des mers (1987,)
- Les Fils de la liberté III. Le coup de poing (1990,)
- Les Chemins du Nord . La tuque et le béret (1992-1993,)
- Les Chemins du Nord II. Le Bouleau et l'épinette (1993,)
- Montréal : un parfum d'îles (1994,)
- Terre des Inuit (1997,)
- Les Chemins du Nord III. L'outarde et la palombe (1999,)
- Le Corps collectionneur (2000,)
- Il n'y a plus d'Amérique (2002,)
- Tête heureuse (2005,)
- Le Temps des bâtisseurs 1. Le visionnaire (2015,)
Notes and References
- http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-caron/ "Louis Caron"
- "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.
- https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/arts/le-retour-de-louis-caron-f14d53446d1294f0567fe44ee666c0d7 "Le retour de Louis Caron"