Pierre Billon (born June 15, 1937 in

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) is a novelist and screenwriter from

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. His son

Nicolas Billon Nicolas Billon (born March 22, 1978) is a Canadian writer. He is best known for his plays ''The Elephant Song'', ''Iceland (play), Iceland'', and ''Butcher (play), Butcher''. Biography Nicolas Billon was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in M ...

is also a noted writer.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''L'ogre de Barbarie'' (1972) * ''La Chausse-Trappe'' (1980) * ''L'enfant du Cinquième Nord (Mamatowee Awashis)'' (1983) * ''Le Livre de Seul'' (1983) * ''L'ultime Alliance'' (1990) * ''The Children's Wing'' (English translation of ''L'enfant du Cinquième Nord'') (1996) * ''Un Bâillement du Diable'' (1998) * ''Dans le secret des Dieux'' (2008)

Screenplays (film)

* ''

Battle of the Brave ''Battle of the Brave'' () is a 2004 historical romance film directed by Jean Beaudin, written by Pierre Billon and starring Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Sébastien Huberdeau, Gérard Depardieu, Bianca Gervais, ...

(Nouvelle-France)'' (2004) * ''Daniel et les Superdogs'' (2003) * '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)''(2002)

Screenplays (TV)

* ''Mémoires en fuite'' (2000) * ''Que reste-t-il...'' (2000) * ''L'enfant des Appalaches'' (1997) * ''La présence des ombres'' (1995) * ''Une Petite Fille Particulière'' (1995)

External links

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