Guillaume Vigneault, (born August 5, 1970 in

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) is a Canadian novelist. He is the son of

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Studies and works

After receiving a bachelor's degree in literary studies at the

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and beginning a master's degree in the same subject, he decided to be a novelist. When he was young, his favourite writers were

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and

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. He is a musician and used to be a bartender in a pub next to his University campus near the Montreal area of

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. His novel ''Chercher le Vent'' was published in October 2001. In 2003 it was published in English by Douglas and McIntyre, under the title ''Necessary Betrayals''. In 2005 he wrote the complete text for "La dictée des Amériques". He wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film '' Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende)'', the first feature film adaptation of the legend of

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. In 2020, Vigneault, Guillaume de Fontenay and Jean Barbe received a

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nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the

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, and a

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nomination for

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at the

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, for the film ''

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(Sympathie pour le diable)''."Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations"

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, February 18, 2020.

Books

*''Carnets de naufrage'' (Diary of a Shipwreck), Boréal, 2000 *''Chercher le vent'' (Necessary Betrayals), Boréal, 2001

References

External links

*
L'Île : Guillaume Vigneault

2002's Vancouver International Writers Festival
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