Denis Thériault
Denis Thériault is a Canadian author, playwright, and screenwriter of French-Canadian descent.
He graduated in psychology from the University of Ottawa.
Thériault is the author of several plays including La prophétie, Les cloches, and Les Mordus. After winning the Télé-Québec Scenarios Competition twice with Aïrenem, and then Victor le vampire, he began a career as a screenwriter.
Thériault contributed in the writing of several television series including La maison Deschênes, Macaroni tout garni, Kaboum, Les argonautes. His film scripts include Frisson des Collines.
Thériault published his first novel in 2001, L'iguane, which won four literary awards. He has since published Le facteur émotif, 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
- 2002 - Anne-Hébert Prize - L’iguane
- 2002 - Odyssée Prize - L’iguane
- 2006 - Canada-Japan Literary Prize - Le facteur émotif
- 2007 - L’iguane, winner of the Combat des livres de Radio-Canada
- 2014 - The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman selected by the BBC Radio Book Club
- 2016 - Hervé-Foulon Prize for ''L’iguane''
Books
L'Iguane, Montréal,, Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2001, 177 p. / English translation : The Boy Who Belonged to the SeaLe Facteur émotif, Montréal,, Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2005 116 p. / English translation : The Peculiar Life of a Lonely PostmanLa fille qui n’existait pas, Montréal,, Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2012, 224 p. / La Fiancée du facteur, Montréal,, Canada, Les Éditions XYZ, 2016, 174 p. / English translation : The Postman’s FiancéeManucure, Montréal,, Canada, Leméac Éditeur, 2019, 247p. / English translation : The Manicurist- "Le samouraï à l'oeillet rouge", Montréal,, Canada, Leméac Éditeur, 2022, / English translation: "The Samurai of the Red Carnation", London, U.K., Pushkin Press, 2024.