Guillaume Vigneault, born on August 5, 1970 in Montréal, is a novelist, son of Gilles Vigneault.
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Studies and works
After receiving a bachelor's in literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal and beginning a masters degree in the same subject, he decided to be a novelist, his passion being writing. When he was young, his favorites writers were Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway and Fedor Dostoïevski. Currently, his works are similar to those of Jean-Paul Dubois and Philippe Djian. He likes to play music and was once a barman in a bar of the Plateau Mont-Royal. His book Chercher le vent was published in October 2001 and became a best-seller in Quebec. In 2003 it was published in English by Douglas and McIntyre, under the title " Necessary Betrayals ". Guillaume was the spokesman for the "Journée mondiale du livre et du droit d'auteur". In 2005 he wrote the complete text for "La dictée des Amériques".
Books
- Carnets de naufrage (Diary of a Shipwreck), Boréal, 2000
- Chercher le vent (Looking for the Updraft), Boréal, 2001
Awards
- Prix Philippe-Rossillon, for Chercher le vent (2002)
- Prix Ringuet (Académie des lettres du Québec), for Chercher le vent (2002)
- Prix Jean-Hamelin, for Chercher le vent (2002)
External links
- L'Ile : Guillaume Vigneault (French)
- Librairie Gaïa, 2004 (French)
- 2002's Vancouver International Writers Festival (English)/(French)
