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|name=Gaétan Soucy<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1958|10|21}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|2013|7|9|1958|10|21}}<br />
|death_place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br />
|occupation={{flatlist|<br />
*Novelist<br />
*professor<br />
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|education =[[Université de Montréal]]<br>[[McGill University]]<br />
|awards=[[Prix Ringuet]] (1999)<br />
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'''Gaétan Soucy''' (October 21, 1958 – July 9, 2013) was a Canadian novelist and professor.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Born in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Soucy studied [[physics]] at [[Université de Montréal]], completed a master's degree in philosophy, and studied Japanese language and [[Japanese literature|literature]] at [[McGill University]].<br />
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Soucy wrote four novels. His first two, ''L'Immaculée conception'' (translated as ''[[The Immaculate Conception (novel)|The Immaculate Conception]]'' by [[Lazer Lederhendler]]) and ''L'Acquittement'' (translated as ''Atonement'' by [[Sheila Fischman]]) are extraordinary, dark and baroque works. His third novel, ''[[La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes]]'' (translated as ''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches'' by Fischman) 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.<br />
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''La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes'' was chosen for inclusion in the French version of ''[[Canada Reads]]'', broadcast on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] in 2004, where it was defended by actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician [[Micheline Lanctôt]].<br />
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He died on 9 July 2013 in Montreal of a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201307/10/01-4669630-lecrivain-gaetan-soucy-meurt-a-54-ans.php |title=L'écrivain Gaétan Soucy meurt à 54 ans &#124; Josée Lapointe &#124; Livres |publisher=Lapresse.ca |date= |accessdate=2013-07-12}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''[[The Immaculate Conception (novel)|L'Immaculée Conception]]'' (1994; published in France in 1998 as ''8 décembre''). ''The Immaculate Conception'', trans. Lazer Lederhendler (2005)<br />
*''L'Acquittement'' (1997). ''Atonement'', trans. Sheila Fischman (1999)<br />
*''[[The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches|La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes]]'' (1998). ''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches'', trans. Sheila Fischman (2000)<br />
* ''Music-Hall !'' (2002). ''Vaudeville!'', trans. Sheila Fischman (2003)<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
*1998: Grand prix du livre de Montréal, for ''L'Acquittement''<br />
* 1999: [[Prix Ringuet]], for ''[[The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches|La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes]]''<br />
* 1999: Prix du grand public du Salon du livre de Montréal - La Presse, for ''La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes''<br />
* 1999: Nominated for the [[Prix Renaudot]], for ''La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes''<br />
* 2003: Prix des libraires du Québec, for ''Music-Hall !''<br />
* 2003: Prix Jean-Hamelin (prix France-Québec), for ''Music-Hall !''<br />
* 2003: [[:fr:Prix de l'Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises#Prix Nessim-Habif|Prix Nessim-Habif]], [[Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique]], for his body of work<br />
* 2004: Médaille de l'Assemblée nationale<br />
* 2006: Shortlisted for the [[Giller Prize]], for ''[[The Immaculate Conception (novel)|The Immaculate Conception]]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181155/http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009521 Soucy, Gaétan] at ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]''<br />
* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/gaetan-soucy/ Critical bibliography database (Auteurs.contemporain.info)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721194324/http://auteurs.contemporain.info/gaetan-soucy/ |date=21 July 2011 }} {{in lang|fr}}<br />
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