Jean-Alain Tremblay, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian writer (1952-2005)
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About Jean-Alain Tremblay
- Jean-Alain Tremblay (March 18, 1952 – June 9, 2005) was a writer who lived in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.The son of Gérard Tremblay and Rita Dufour, he was born Jeannot Tremblay in Alma, Quebec.
- Tremblay received a bachelor's degree in administration from Laval University.
- He worked as director of employment development at Chicoutimi for Employment and Immigration Canada and later as director of regional operations for Réseau Emploi-Québec du Saguenay/Lac St-Jean.His first novel La nuit des Perséides, published in 1989, received the Prix Robert-Cliche, the Prix Jean-Hamelin and the Prix de la bibliothèque centrale de prêt du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.
- This was followed by La grande chamaille, published in 1993.
- Tremblay also wrote a radio drama Par la bande, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2001.
- He published a nine volume collection of short stories based in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region: Un lac, un fjord, un fleuve.Tremblay was president of the Musée Louis-Hémon de Péribonka from 1992 to 1995 and was a founding member of the Association professionnelle des écrivains de la Sagamie Côte-Nord, also serving as its president.He was married to Manon Brault; the couple had four children.Tremblay died in Chicoutimi at the age of 53.
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