Guillaume Vigneault

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Guillaume Vigneault, born on August 5, 1970 in Montréal, is a novelist, son of Gilles Vigneault.

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[edit] Studies 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 the Plateau 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".

[edit] Books

  • Carnets de naufrage (Diary of a Shipwreck), Boréal, 2000
  • Chercher le vent (Looking for the Updraft), Boréal, 2001

[edit] Awards

  • 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)

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