Jacques Poulin

Jacques Poulin (born September 23, 1937 at Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a French-Canadian novelist with quiet and intimate style of writing. Often considered the most North American of the Quebec authors writing in French, his work is studied widely in both French and English Canada, although not widely known by the general public.

Bibliography

• The "Jimmy" Trilogy:
• Mon cheval pour un royaume - 1967 (Translated as My Horse for a Kingdom)
• Jimmy - 1969 (Translated as Jimmy)
• Le cœur de la baleine bleue - 1970 (Translated as The Heart of the Blue Whale)
• Les grandes marées - 1978 (Translated as Spring Tides)
• Volkswagen Blues - 1984 (Translated as Volkswagen Blues)
• Faites de beaux rêves - 1988 (Not yet translated)
• Le Vieux Chagrin - 1989 (Translated as Mr. Blue)
• La tournée d'automne - 1993 (Translated as Autumn Rounds)
• Chat sauvage - 1998 (Translated as Wild Cat)
• Les yeux blues de Mistassini - 2002 (Translation to be published in 2005)