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Gaétan Soucy


Born
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 21, 1958

Died
July 09, 2013




Gaétan Soucy est né à Montréal, le 21 octobre 1958. Après des études en physique et en mathématiques à l’Université de Montréal, il termine des études littéraires à l’Université du Québec, puis obtient une maîtrise en philosophie par un mémoire remarqué sur la théorie transcendantale des sciences dans la philosophie critique kantienne. Enfin, il consacrera quelques années à l’étude exclusive de la langue et de l’écriture japonaises.

Il publie son premier roman, L’Immaculée Conception, en 1994. Il donne ensuite L’Acquittement (Boréal, 1997), qui remporte le Grand Prix du livre de Montréal. Toutefois, c’est son troisième roman, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes (Boréal, 1998), traduit en une vingtaine de langues, qui établit sa re
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“Tous mes amis sont des mots.”
Gaétan Soucy, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

“True religion is not a meditation on death, but a meditation on life.”
Gaetan Soucy

“In response to my question, brother shook his head.
"Then he's dead," I said. And repeated myself , something I don't often do: "Then he's dead." What is strange was that when I uttered those words, nothing happened. The state of the universe was no worse than usual. Sleeping the same old sleep, everything continued to wear down as if nothing was amiss.”
Gaétan Soucy, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

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