Yves Thériault

Yves Theriault OC ( born November 27, 1915 in Quebec City, Canada, † October 20, 1983 in Rawdon ) was one of the most famous and prolific novelist, short story writer and playwright Québec.

Biography

He has worked as a trapper, truck driver, radio announcer, journalist before he published his first novel in 1944. As one of the first he sat in his literary work the minorities of Canada, a monument:

• The Jews in Aaron (1954 )
• The Indians in Ashini (1960 )
• Eskimos in the trilogy Agakuk (1958), Tayaout, fils d' Agakuk (1969) and Agoak, l' héritage d' Agakuk (1975).

Agakuk has now been made ​​into a film in a lavish production.

Theriault was a member of the Canadian Authors Association, the International PEN Club, the Syndicat National des Écrivains de France, the Société des Gens de Lettres (Paris), the Société des canadiens écrivains and the Société des auteurs Dramatiques.

In 1975, he was " for being one of the most prolific writers and best -known novelists in Canada" Officer of the Order of Canada.

Works (selection)

• Contes pour un homme seul (1944 )
• La Fille laide (novel, 1950)
• Le tamer d' ours (novel, 1951)
• Les Vendeurs du temple (novel, 1951)
• Aaron (novel, 1954)
• Agakuk (novel, 1958)
• Ashini (novel, 1960)
• Tayaout, fils d' Agakuk (novel, 1969)
• Agoak, l' héritage d' Agakuk (novel, 1975)
• Moi, Pierre Huneau (novel, 1976)
• L'Herbe de tendresse (stories, 1983)