{{short description|Canadian writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Gilles Jobidon | image = Gilles Jobidon SLM 2018.jpg | image_upright = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|11|8}} | birth_place = Limoilou, Quebec, Canada | other_names = | years_active = 2000s-present | spouse = | partner = | children = }} '''Gilles Jobidon''' (born November 8, 1950) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.<ref>Josée Lapointe, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/2019-12-29/gilles-jobidon-l-ecrivain-tranquille "Gilles Jobidon, l’écrivain tranquille"]. ''La Presse'', December 29, 2019.</ref> He is most noted for his novel ''Le Tranquille affligé'', which was the winner of the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie in 2019.<ref>Victor de Sepausy, [https://actualitte.com/article/10438/prix-litteraires/gilles-jobidon-recoit-le-prix-2019-des-cinq-continents-de-la-francophonie "Gilles Jobidon reçoit le Prix 2019 des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie"]. ''ActuaLitté'', November 12, 2019.</ref>
His debut novel ''La route des petits matins'', published in 2003, was the winner of the Prix Anne-Hébert,<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/77015/le-prix-anne-hebert-a-gilles-jobidon? "Le prix Anne-Hébert à Gilles Jobidon"]. ''Le Devoir'', March 15, 2005.</ref> the Prix Robert-Cliche,<ref>Caroline Montpetit, [https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/39771/litterature-gilles-jobidon-recoit-le-prix-robert-cliche "Littérature - Gilles Jobidon reçoit le prix Robert-Cliche"]. ''Le Devoir'', November 4, 2003.</ref> and the Prix Ringuet.
==Works== * ''La Route des petits matins'', 2003 * ''L'Âme frère'', 2005 * ''Morphoses'', 2006 * ''D'ailleurs'', 2007 * ''Combustio'', 2013 * ''La petite B.'', 2015 * ''Le Tranquille affligé'', 2018 * ''C'est la faute à l'ostensoir'', 2019
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