Louis Caron (born July 21, 1942) is a

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journalist and writer from

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."Louis Caron"
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'', January 23, 2008. He is most noted for his novels ''The Draft Dodger (L'Emmitouflé)'', which won the Prix Québec-Paris in 1977, ''Le canard de bois'', which was a finalist for the

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at the

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, 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 ''

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(Lance et compte)''. He worked as a journalist for

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and '' Le Nouvelliste'' prior to publishing his first novel, ''L'Illusioniste'', in 1973. 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."Le retour de Louis Caron"
'' Le Nouvelliste'', May 29, 2015.

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, )

References

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