Jacques Savoy (February 3rd 1951 -) is a " idéateur" , Novelist and Scenario writer of acadian origin.

Biographical note

Born with Edmundston, with the New Brunswick (Canada), it obtains in 1972 a baccalaureat in political sciences of the Université of Moncton; it spends then two years to Aix-en-Provence where it obtains a control in modern letters. Of return of Europe, it publishes its first collection of poetry, Anti-delivers It (1972).

Impassioned music, it founds with friends in 1976 the group Beausoleil-Broussard, strongly inspired by the folk traditional music. This group gains in 1978 the Prix of the Young French song for the whole of its work. In 1981, Jacques Savoy forsakes the scene to take again the writing.

Since the beginning of the years 1980, it signs about fifteen works of fiction (novels and Romance youth). Among them, let us mention the revolving doors (published in 1985), carried to the screen by Francis Mankiewicz (Oecumenical Price, Cannes festival in 1988). In 2003, it conceives with the choreographer Igor Dobrovsilskii and the type-setter François Dompierre the booklet of a ballet inspired of this same novel.

celestial soups (2005), its last novel, will be adapted for the big screen.

Jacques Savoy is also recognized as scenario writer. Among his televisual works, one counts Joseph-Armand Bombardier (mini-series, TV-Quebec, 1992), the Builders of water (mini-series, Radio-Canada, 1997), the Orphans of Duplessis (mini-series, Radio-Canada, 1997), These children besides II (Network VAT, 1998) and Rue the Hope (television serial, network VAT, 1999-2001). He currently works with several projects, of which the family Lavigueur (mini-series, Radio-Canada, 2008) and Rene II (mini-series, Radio-Canada, 2008) bearing on the life and the political career of Rene Lévesque.

Jacques Savoy gained the Price of the international French-speaking Association for its first novel Raconte me Massabielle and in, 1992, a Price Gemini for the texts of the telesery Bombardier . Its first novel youth, All the beauty of the world , was finalist of the Prix of the General governor of Canada in 1995.

Works

Discography

Beausoleil Broussard

• Beausoleil Broussard , the discs Tamanoir (Tam 2703), February 1977. Appeared in France in September 1977 on discs Snail CBS (Esc. 351)
• Mutiny , the discs Tamanoir (Tam 2710), November 1977. Appeared in France in October 1978 on discs Snail CBS (Esc. 375)
• the mitan of the century which is come from there , CBS, published simultaneously in Canada (PCF 90563) and in France (Esc. 395), 1979
• Log book 1976-1980 , compilation, GSI music, April 2003

Poetry

• anti-delivers It , the editions of the Magannéee Star, in collaboration with Herménégilde Chiasson and Gilles Savoy (illustrations), 1972,99 pages.

Novels

• Tells me Massabielle , Éditions of Acadie, Moncton, 1979,159 pages.

• revolving Doors , Boreal, Montreal, 1984. 170 pages.
• the Reef of the prince , Boreal, Montreal, 1986,168 pages.
• a history of heart , Boreal, Montreal, 1988,299 pages.
• the blue Circus the Short scale, Montreal, 1995,175 pages.
• Lanes of Caresso , the Short scale, Montreal, 1997,192 pages.
• a train of ice , the Short scale, Montreal, 1998,240 pages.
• celestial Soups , Fides, Montreal, 2005,274 pages.

Novels youth

• All the beauty of the world , the Short scale, Montreal, 1995,94 pages.

• an imaginary city , the Short scale, Montreal, 1996,90 pages.
• flowers of the captain , the Short scale, Montreal, 1996,90 pages.
• mysteries of my sister , the Short scale, Montreal, 1997,91 pages.
• most beautiful of the voyages , the Short scale, Montreal, 1997,90 pages.
• most popular of the world , the Short scale, Montreal, 1998,91 pages.

Cinema

• Vidéograph , Governed Olympic Games, 1976

• Massabielle , National office of film, 1982
• revolving Doors , Rene Malo Films and ACPAV, 1988
• Beausoleil , prod. Movies Tele Action (under development)
• celestial Soups , Casablanca Films (under development)

Television

• cloudy Passage (telefilm, Radio-Canada diffusion, 1984)

• Hello Mr Gauguin (telefilm, prod. Vision 4, carried out by Jean-Claude Labrecque, Radio-Quebec diffusion, 1988)
• the violin of Arthur (telefilm, productions of Fado, Radio-Canada diffusion, 1990)
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier (mini-series, TV-Quebec diffusion, 1992) Available in DVD
• Builders of water (mini-series, prod. Communicatio Claude International Héroux, Radio-Canada diffusion, 1997) Available in DVD
• Orphans of Duplessis (mini-series, prod. Tele Action, Radio-Canada diffusion, 1997)
• All the beauty of the world/an imaginary city/flowers of Caroline (scenarisation of three novels youth of Jacques Savoy, prod. Allegro Film SDA, emissions youth Radio-Canada/Radio-Quebec, 1997)
• These children besides II (adaption and scenarisation of the novel of Arlette Cousture, prod. Néofilm Match TV, diffusion VAT, 1998)
• Street the Hope (television serial, in collaboration with Nicole Lemire, Production JPL, diffusion network VAT, 1999-2001)
• the sisters Elliot (mini-series, scenarisation of three of the ten episodes, Duet Productions, diffusion VAT, 2008)
• the family Lavigueur (mini-series, prod. Locomotion Films, Radio-Canada diffusion, 2008)
• Rene II (mini-series, prod. Movies Tele Action, Radio-Canada diffusion, 2008)
• black Code (mini-series on the history of the Blacks in Canada, coproduction Milagro Films/Inner City Films, under development - for information to see http://codenoir.ca)

Radio

• cloudy Passage (dramatic, Radio-Canada), 1985

Honors

• 1978 - Price of the Young French song with Beausoleil-Broussard

• 1979 - Price of International Franchophone Association , Paris, for Tells me Massabielle
• 1983 - Grand Prix of the Festival of films of the Atlantic , Halifax, for Massabielle (film), according to the novel Raconte me Massabielle
• 1985 - Prix France-Acadie for the revolving doors (Romance also in nomination for the Price of the General governor of Canada)
• 1988 - Oecumenical Prix , Cannes festival, for the revolving doors
• 1992 - Price Gémeau X, scenario, series Bomber
• 1998 - Honoris Causa Doctorate (in letters), University of Moncton

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