Laurent Laplante
Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante (March 3, 1934 – March 15, 2017) was a Canadian journalist, essayist and detective writer. He is the author of 20 books. Early life. Laurent Laplante was born in 1934 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada. He studied literature, history, philosophy and government. Career. Laplante taught at Université Laval. He became a journalist for "Le Devoir", "L’Action", "Le Jour", "Le Droit" and "Le Soleil". He was also a television and radio presenter, an essayist and the author of 20 books, including detective fiction. He was a member of the "Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois". Laplante  won the 1996 Olivar-Asselin Award for his defense of the French language in Quebec through his journalism. He also received the Genève-Montréal Award for his essay "Pour en finir avec l’olympisme" in 1998, and the Saint-Pacôme Award for his detective novel "Des clés en trop, un doigt en moins" in 2002. Death. Laplante died of pancreatic cancer on March 15, 2017, in Lévis, Quebec. He was 83.