Yves Beauchemin

Yves Beauchemin (born 26 June 1941) is a Quebec novelist.
Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec and raised in the village of Clova, Beauchemin received his degree in French literature and art history at the Université de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at the Collège Garneau and Université Laval. Beauchemin was working as an editor in a Montreal publishing firm when he began contributing essays and stories to magazines and newspapers. In 1969 he accepted a position as a researcher at Radio-Québec.
Beauchemin's first novel, L'enfirouapé (1974), won the Prix France-Québec. His second novel, Le Matou (1981), became the all-time best-selling novel in French Quebec literature and has been translated into seventeen languages. This book won the Prix de la ville de Montreal and the Prix du livre de l'ete Cannes in 1982. Beauchemin won the Prix Jean Giono for his third novel, Juliette Pormerleau (1989).
In his fiction Beauchemin is a detached but caring observer of the contemporary world around him. The panoramic canvases of his novels capture the teeming life of the streets, reflecting their author's appreciation of such great nineteenth-century writers as Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky and Gogol.
On October 28, 2003 Yves Beauchemin was appointed Officier de l'Ordre national du Québec. There were 29 individuals chosen that year, including 5 Grand Officers, 7 Officers, and 17 Knights.
In 2006 he published his novel "Les Empouchers."
Mr. Beauchemin's latest novel is Une nuit de tempête, 2023.
Seven of Yves Beauchemin's books have been translated into English. They include "The Alley Cat" (Le matou), "Juliette" (Juliette Pomerleau), "The Second Fiddle" (Le second violon), Charles the Bold (Charles le téméraire), "The Years of Fire" (Un saut dans le vide), "A Very Bold Leap" (Parti pour la gloire), and "The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien (Les Empouchers).
He resides in Longueuil, Quebec.
References
Bibliography
Novels L'enfirouapé - La Presse, 1974 (Published by Jean Picollec, Paris as L'Entourloupe in 1985)Le matou - 1981 (translated as The Alley Cat by Sheila Fischman - McClelland & Stewart, 1986)Juliette Pomerleau - 1989 (translated as Juliette by Sheila Fischman - McClelland & Stewart, 1993), Grand prix des lectrices de Elle Le second violon - 1996 (translated as The Second Fiddle by David Homel - Stoddart Publishing, 1998) Les émois d'un marchand de café - 1999 (reprinted as Le marchand de café)Charles le téméraire - Un temps de chien - 2004 (translated as Charles The Bold: The Dog Years or Charles the Bold, Volume 1 by Wayne Grady, A Douglas Gibson Book, McClelland & Stewart, 2007) Charles le téméraire - Un saut dans le vide - 2005 (translated as The Years of Fire: Charles the Bold, Volume 2 by Wayne Grady, A Douglas Gibson Book, McClelland & Stewart, 2007) Charles le téméraire - Parti pour la gloire - 2006 (translated as A Very Bold Leap: Charles the Bold, Volume 3 by Wayne Grady, A Douglas Gibson Book, McClelland & Stewart, 2009)
Renard bleu, Éditions Fides, 2009 .
La Serveuse du Café Cherrier, Éditions Michel Brûlé, 2011 .Charles le téméraire - Edition Fides, 2014 (All three parts in one book) Les Empocheurs - 2016 (translated as The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien by Wayne Grady, Arachnide Editions, 2019)
Une nuit de tempête, Éditions Québec/Amérique, 2023..
Short Story Collections Une nuit à l’hôtel - 2001
Children's Books Une histoire à faire japper - 1991Antoine et Alfred - 1992 (a story written for Nicolas Laperrière)Alfred sauve Antoine - 1996Alfred et la lune cassée - 1997Alfred - 2019 (Four stories, including Antoine et Alfred, Alfred sauve Antoine, Alfred et la lune cassée, and Alfred et le chat chauve)
Other Works Du sommet d’un arbre - Quebec/Amerique, 1986 (Journal) Le Calepin rouge - 2007 (Aphorisms)Un voyage en Russie - 2020 (Humor)
Short Film Burlex (1971) - Black & white short film. Indendent.
Collaborations L'avenir du francais au Quebec (avec Gaston miron et al.)Entretiens sur la passion de lire (avec Henri Tranquille)La Vache et d'autres animaux (1982)Cybèle (1982) Art global, Montreal. Afterward by Jacques GodboutFinalement!... Les enfants (1991) (avec Andrée Ruffo) Art Global.
Publisher: Art Global inc. 1991Le Prix (libretto) Opus 53, Opera in One Act with composer Jacques Hétu'' - 1992 (opera). Premiered March 1993 in Montreal.
External links
Biography at Québec Amérique (in French)
Biography at Edition Fides (in French)
Biography at Les Intouchables (in French)
Archived Biography at Québec Amérique (in French)
The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien - Arachnide (House of Anansi Press)
Biography at L'île (in French)
The Alley Cat - New Canadian Library - McClelland & Stewart (Penguin Random House)
The Alley Cat - New Canadian Library - McClelland & Stewart (Penguin Random House Canada)
Biography at Les éditions Michel Brûlé
Writers from Quebec
1941 births
Living people
Canadian male novelists
Université de Montréal alumni
People from Rouyn-Noranda
Officers of the National Order of Quebec
20th-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian novelists
Academic staff of Université Laval
Canadian novelists in French
Grand prix Jean Giono recipients
20th-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian male writers