Yves Thériault (Quebec, November 27th, 1915 - Joliette, October 20th, 1983) is a writer Québécois.

Resulting from a modest milieu, its family moves very early with Montreal where it makes studies at the school Our-Lady-of-Grace and the Mount-Saint-Louis. But at 15 years, it is constrained to give up its studies during its eighth year. He exerts then various trades: , salesman truck driver of cheese and tractors, trapper. In 1934, because of a lung disease, it must remain during one year and half with the sanatorium of the Lake-Edouard.

From 1935 to 1940, it is advertiser on several radio stations: CKAC in Montreal, CHNC with New Carlisle in Gaspésie, CHRC in Quebec, CHLN with Three-Rivers, CKCH with Hull, CJBR with Rimouski. Since 1940, he writes his radiophonic first sketches and, under various pseudonyms, of innumerable " novels with ten sous".

He publishes then his first tales in the Day, directed by Jean-Charles Harvey. In 1943, he becomes script writer and advertizing with the National office of the Film. From 1945 to 1950, he is script writer in Radio-Canada; he continues, during the following years, to collaborate in several radiophonic series in Radio-Canada. During all its career, it publishes in various newspapers and re-examined: Photo-Newspaper, Saturdays, the New Changing, the Bulletin of the Farmers, Connection, French America, Gloves of the sky, the Duty, the Fatherland, Lady of the manor, the Maclean Magazine, the New Newspaper, Seven Days, the Press, Digeste Flash, the Day, Video-Press and Delivers from here.

In the years 1950, it carries out a round the world tour on an Italian cargo liner and several voyages in Europe. From 1953 to 1955, it adapts the novel Maria Chapdelaine of Louis Hémon in weekly episodes for radio station CKVL. From 1965 to 1967, he is director of the cultural Affairs to the ministry for the Indian Businesses and the Canadian Far North with Ottawa.

He is especially known for his novel Agaguk. Prolific author, in addition to one forty novels, it wrote nearly thirty books for children and teenagers, more than one hundred tales, accounts and news, more than one hundred radiophonic texts, twenty TV-theaters and finally of tens of articles, leading articles, tests and chronicles published in reviews and newspapers.

Bibliography (partial)

  • Tales for a man alone (tales), the Tree, Montreal, 1944; HMH, Montreal, 1982.
  • the ugly Girl , Beauchemin, Montreal, 1950; Fifteen (collection Presence), Montreal, 1980; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1981; Montreal, the last harbor, 2003.
  • the Trainer of bear , Circle of the book of France, Montreal, 1951; Fifteen (collection Presence), Montreal, 1980; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1989; Montreal, the last harbor, 2005.
  • Salesmen of the temple , literary Institute of Quebec, Quebec, 1951; Fifteen (collection Presence), Montreal, 1980; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1989.
  • the Drama of Dawn the child martyrdom (under the pseudonym of Benoit Tessier), Diffusion of the book, Quebec, 1952; The last harbor, 2005.
  • Aaron , literary Institute of Quebec, Quebec, 1954; Paris, Grasset and Quebec, literary Institute of Quebec, 1957; Fifteen (collection Presence), Montreal, 1980; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1981; Montreal, the last harbor, 2006; also published in English (publication autumn 2007).
  • Agaguk , Bernard Grasset, Paris, and Quebec, literary Institute of Quebec, 1958; Fifteen (collection Presence), Montreal, 1980; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1981; Montreal, the last harbor, 2003; Montreal, the last harbor, 2006 (first integral edition); also published in ten other languages (English, German, Serbo-croatian, Japanese, Italian, Czech, Polish, Chinese, Arab, Russian).
  • Ashini , Fides, Montreal and Paris, 1960; Fides (collection the Québécois Library), Montreal, 1988; Montreal, the last harbor, 2006; also published in three other languages (English, Arab, Russian).
  • King of the Northern Coast; extraordinary life of Napoleon-Alexandre Comeau. Naturalist, doctor, franc-tireur, trapper, photographer, fisherman, cartographer, interpret, adviser, navigator, portagor, wise-man, writer, surgeon, rescuer, telegraphist, gamekeeper, visionary, self-educated , Éditions of the Man, Montreal, 1960.
  • Amour with the taste of sea , Beauchemin, Montreal, 1961; Free expression, Montreal, 1981.
  • Principals of Caridad , literary Institute of Quebec, Quebec, 1961; Editions of the Man, Montreal, 1966; Montreal, the last harbor, 2006.
  • Cul-de-sac , literary Institute of Quebec, Quebec, 1961; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1981.
  • Stay in Moscow , Fides, Montreal and Paris, 1961.
  • the star Salesman and other tales , Fides, Montreal and Paris, 1961.
  • If the bomb to me were told , Éditions of the Day, Montreal, 1962.
  • the Large Novel of a small man , Éditions of the Day, Montreal, 1963 and 1969.
  • the Ru of Ikoué , Fides, Montreal and Paris, 1963; Fides, Montreal, 1977.
  • the stone Rose, Stories of love (new), Editions of the Day, Montreal, 1964; Free expression, Montreal, 1981.
  • Times of the carcajou , literary Institute of Quebec, Quebec, 1965; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1982.
  • Appealing the , Editions of the Day, Montreal, 1967; Free expression, Montreal, 1979.
  • the untraceable Island (new), Editions of the Day, Montreal, 1968; Free expression, Montreal, 1980.
  • Kesten , Editions of the Day, Montreal, 1968; Free expression, Montreal, 1979.
  • Mahigan (account), Leméac, Montreal, 1968; Montreal, the dernieri harbor, 2004.
  • the Walker (theater), Leméac, Montreal, 1968; Leméac, Montreal, 1982; Montreal, SYT Editor, 1996.
  • the Death of water , Editions of the Man, Montreal, 1968.
  • Tsuk , Editions of the Man, Montreal, 1968; the Current one, Montreal, 1971; also published in three other languages (English, Arab, Italian).
  • Antoine and his mountain , Editions of the Day, Montreal, 1969; Free expression, Montreal, 1980.
  • Tayaout, wire of Agaguk , Editions of the Man, Montreal, 1969; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1981; Montreal, the last harbor, to appear in 2008.
  • Texts and documents , Leméac, Montreal, 1969.
  • the Last Harbor , the Current one, Montreal, 1970; Fifteen (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1982.
  • Valerie , Editions of the Man, Montreal, 1969.
  • Frédange followed by the new Grounds (theater), Leméac, Montreal, 1970.
  • the Pass-with-drizzle , Rene Ferron, Montreal, 1972.
  • the Highland , Rene Ferron, Montreal, 1973.
  • Agoak, the heritage of Agaguk , Stanké and Fifteen, Montreal, 1975; Stanké (collection 10/10), Montreal, 1981; Montreal, the last harbor, to appear in 2008; also published in English.
  • Work of flesh (new), Stanké, Montreal, 1975; VLB editor, Montreal, 1982.
  • Me, Pierre Huneau , HMH, Montreal, 1976; Montreal, the last harbor, 2006 (box including/understanding a book and 3 compact disks; integral recording).
  • the Search of the ourse , Stanké, Montreal, 1980; Montreal, the last harbor, 2004.
  • the Division of midnight , Québécor, Montreal, 1980.
  • the Venus Pressure (police tales), Québécor, Montreal, 1981.
  • the Anna Woman and other tales , VLB editor, Montreal, 1981.
  • Pierre Gilles Dubois , Marcel Broquet (collection Signatures), Laprairie, 1981.
  • Valère and the Pinnace (new), VLB editor, Montreal, 1981.
  • the Grass of tenderness (new), VLB editor, Montreal, 1983.
  • the Runner of marathon , Editions Hurtubise HMH, Montreal, 1983.

Honors

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