Pierre Turgeon (writer)
Pierre Turgeon | |
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| Born | Pierre Turgeon 9 October 1947 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | Collège Sainte-Marie |
| Occupation(s) | Author, novelist, literary critic, essayist, scenarist |
| Honors | Governor General's Award 1981 and 1992 |
| Website | pierreturgeon |
Pierre Turgeon (born 9 October 1947) is a Canadian novelist and essayist from Quebec.
He was a journalist and literary critic at Perspectives and Radio-Canada. He is also a co-founder of l'Illettré with Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, Jean-Marie Poupart, Jean-Claude Germain and Michel Beaulieu. He is the author 22 books and of many screenplays, including a dramatization of the October Crisis.