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 ISBN 0776130307
  • Le Canard de bois (1981, ISBN 2020058898)
  • Les Fils de la liberté II. La Corne de brume (1982, ISBN 2020064790)
  • Racontages (1983, ISBN 2890520846)
  • Le Vrai Voyage de Jacques Cartier (1984)
  • Marco-Polo : Le nouveau livre des merveilles (1985)
  • La Vie d'artiste (1987, ISBN 2890522083)
  • Au fond des mers (1987, ISBN 2890522091)
  • Les Fils de la liberté III. Le coup de poing (1990, ISBN 2020105918)
  • Les Chemins du Nord . La tuque et le béret (1992-1993, ISBN 2909241173)
  • Les Chemins du Nord II. Le Bouleau et l'épinette (1993, ISBN 2-909241-40-8)
  • Montréal : un parfum d'îles (1994, ISBN 2-7604-0458-7)
  • Terre des Inuit (1997, ISBN 2-920718-68-1)
  • Les Chemins du Nord III. L'outarde et la palombe (1999, ISBN 2-84187-165-7)
  • Le Corps collectionneur (2000, ISBN 2-922265-14-5)
  • Il n'y a plus d'Amérique (2002, ISBN 2-7646-0160-3)
  • Tête heureuse (2005, ISBN 2-7646-0413-0)
  • Le Temps des bâtisseurs 1. Le visionnaire (2015, ISBN 2-8098-1692-1)

References

  1. 1 2 "Louis Caron". The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 23, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Limelight may be squirreled away". The Globe and Mail, July 22, 1980.
  3. ↑ "It's hockey month in Montreal as actors lace up for a bilingual TV series". Montreal Gazette, July 12, 1985.
  4. ↑ "Le retour de Louis Caron". Le Nouvelliste, May 29, 2015.


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