Canadian novelist (1937–2025)
Jacques Poulin (French pronunciation:[ʒakpulɛ̃]; 23 September 1937 – 21 August 2025) was a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing.
Poulin was born inSaint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Quebec on 23 September 1937. He studiedpsychology and arts at theUniversité Laval inQuebec City; he started his career as commercialtranslator and later became a college guidance counselor. Only after the success of his second novel,Jimmy (1969), was he able to devote himself completely to his writing. Poulin wrote fourteen novels, many of which have been translated into English bySheila Fischman, and published by Cormorant Books.
He lived inParis for 15 years, but later moved to Quebec City.
Poulin'sVolkswagen Blues was selected as a candidate in theCBC's 2005 edition ofCanada Reads, where it was championed byRoch Carrier, author and formerNational Librarian of Canada.
Poulin died on 21 August 2025, at the age of 87.[1]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- The "Jimmy" Trilogy:
- Mon cheval pour un royaume — 1967 (Translated asMy Horse for a Kingdom)
- Jimmy — 1969 (Translated asJimmy)
- Le cœur de la baleine bleue — 1970 (Translated asThe Heart of the Blue Whale)
- Faites de beaux rêves — 1974 (Not yet translated)
- Les grandes marées — 1978 (Spring Tides, translated bySheila Fischman, (Archipelago Books), 2007)
- Volkswagen Blues — 1984 (Translated asVolkswagen Blues)
- Le Vieux Chagrin — 1989 (Translated asMr. Blue)
- La tournée d'automne — 1993 (Autumn Rounds bySheila Fischman, (Archipelago Books), 2021)
- Chat sauvage — 1998 (Translated asWild Cat)
- Les yeux bleus de Mistassini — 2002 (Translated asMy Sister's Blue Eyes)
- La traduction est une histoire d'amour — 2006 (Translation is a Love Affair, translated bySheila Fischman (Archipelago Books), 2009)
- L'anglais n'est pas une langue magique — 2009 ("English is Not a Magic Language", translated bySheila Fischman (Esplanade Books, the fiction series at Véhicule Press), 2016)
- L'homme de la Saskatchewan — 2011 (Not yet translated)
- Un jukebox dans la tête — 2015 (Not yet translated)
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