Gaétan Soucy
Novelist, Author
1958 – 2013
Who was Gaétan Soucy?
Gaétan Soucy was a Canadian novelist and professor.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Soucy studied physics at Université de Montréal, completed a Master's degree in philosophy, and studied Japanese language and literature at McGill University.
Soucy has written four novels. His two first, L'Immaculée conception and L'Acquittement are extraordinary, dark and baroque works. His third novel, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes caused a sensation in Quebec and was immediately translated into more than ten languages. His fourth novel, Music-Hall!, was published in 2002, and translated as Vaudeville! by Fischman.
La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes was chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was defended by actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician Micheline Lanctôt.
He died on 9 July 2013 in Montreal of a heart attack.
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