Louis Caron


Louis Caron is a Canadian journalist and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his novels The Draft Dodger , which won the Prix Québec-Paris in 1977, Le canard de bois, which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1981 Governor General's Awards, 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 He Shoots, He Scores .
He worked as a journalist for Radio-Canada 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.

Works

L'Illusionniste L'Emmitouflé Le Bonhomme Sept-heures Le Canard de bois Les Fils de la liberté II. La Corne de brume Racontages Le Vrai Voyage de Jacques Cartier Marco-Polo : Le nouveau livre des merveilles La Vie d'artiste Au fond des mers Les Fils de la liberté III. Le coup de poing Les Chemins du Nord. La tuque et le béret Les Chemins du Nord II. Le Bouleau et l'épinette Montréal : un parfum d'îles Terre des Inuit Les Chemins du Nord III. L'outarde et la palombe Le Corps collectionneur Il n'y a plus d'Amérique Tête heureuse
  • ''Le Temps des bâtisseurs 1. Le visionnaire''