Louis Caron

Louis Caron
Born(1942-07-21)July 21, 1942
DiedSeptember 14, 2026(2026-09-14) (aged 84)
Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
OccupationsJournalist, writer

Louis Caron (July 21, 1942 – September 14, 2026) was a Canadian journalist and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his novels The Draft Dodger (L'Emmitouflé), 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 (Lance et compte).

Caron 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.

Caron died in Nicolet, Quebec on September 14, 2026, at the age of 84.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Louis Caron". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ↑ "Limelight may be squirreled away". The Globe and Mail, July 22, 1980.
  3. ↑ "It's hockey month in Montreal as actors lace up for a bilingual TV series". Montreal Gazette, July 12, 1985.
  4. ↑ Linda_Corbo (2015-04-22). "Le retour de Louis Caron". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  5. ↑ L’écrivain de Nicolet Louis Caron est décédé (in French)