Denis Thériault (born August 24, 1959) is a Canadian author, playwright, and
screenwriter
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of
French-Canadian
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descent.
He graduated in psychology from the
University of Ottawa
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(1981).
Thériault is the author of several plays including ''La prophétie'' (1980), ''Les cloches'' (1989), and ''Les Mordus'' (1990). After winning the Télé-Québec Scenarios Competition twice with ''Aïrenem'' (1983), and then ''Victor le vampire'' (1984), he began a career as a screenwriter.
Thériault contributed in the writing of several television series including ''La maison Deschênes'' (1987–88), ''Macaroni tout garni'' (2001 to 2005), ''Kaboum'' (2006 to 2010), ''Les argonautes'' (2011 to 2013). His film scripts include ''
Frisson des Collines'' (2011).
Thériault published his first novel in 2001, ''L'iguane'' (''The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea''), which won four literary awards. He has since published ''Le facteur émotif'' (Canada-Japan Prize), ''La fille qui n’existait pas'', ''La fiancée du facteur'', and ''Manucure''. His novels are translated into many languages, including Russian and Chinese.
Honors and awards
* 2001 - France-Quebec Literary Prize - ''L’iguane'' (English title: ''The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea'')
* 2002 - Anne-Hébert Prize - ''L’iguane''
* 2002 - Odyssée Prize - ''L’iguane''
* 2006 - Canada-Japan Literary Prize - ''Le facteur émotif'' (''The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman'')
* 2007 - ''L’iguane'', winner of the Combat des livres de
Radio-Canada
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* 2014 - ''The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman'' (English translation of ''Le facteur émotif'') selected by the BBC Radio Book Club
* 2016 - Hervé-Foulon Prize for ''L’iguane''
Books
* ''L'Iguane'', Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2001, 177 p. () / English translation : ''The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea''
* ''Le Facteur émotif'', Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2005 116 p. () / English translation : ''The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman''
* ''La fille qui n’existait pas'', Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2012, 224 p. () /
* ''La Fiancée du facteur'', Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2016, 174 p. () / English translation : ''The Postman’s Fiancée''
* ''Manucure'', Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Leméac Éditeur, 2019, 247p. () / English translation : ''The Manicurist''
* "Le samouraï à l'oeillet rouge", Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Leméac Éditeur, 2022, (ISBN 978-2-7609-4868-6) / English translation: "The Samurai of the Red Carnation", London, U.K., Pushkin Press, 2024.
External links
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1959 births
Canadian male novelists
Writers from Quebec
Living people
People from Sept-Îles, Quebec
Canadian novelists in French
21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian male writers
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