# Louis Caron

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**Louis Caron** (born July 21, 1942) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) journalist and writer from [Quebec](/source/Quebec).[1] He is most noted for his novels *The Draft Dodger (L'Emmitouflé)*, which won the [Prix Québec-Paris](/source/Prix_Qu%C3%A9bec-Paris) in 1977,[2] *Le canard de bois*, which was a finalist for the [Governor General's Award for French-language fiction](/source/Governor_General's_Award_for_French-language_fiction) at the [1981 Governor General's Awards](/source/1981_Governor_General's_Awards), and *Les fils de la liberté II: La corne de brume*, which was a finalist for the same award at the [1982 Governor General's Awards](/source/1982_Governor_General's_Awards), and as co-creator and writer of the television drama series *[He Shoots, He Scores](/source/He_Shoots,_He_Scores) (Lance et compte)*.[3]

He worked as a journalist for [Radio-Canada](/source/CBC_News) and *[Le Nouvelliste](/source/Le_Nouvelliste_(Quebec))* prior to publishing his first novel, *L'Illusioniste*, in 1973.[1]

In 2015, he published ''*Le visionnaire*, the first novel in a new trilogy of historical novels which represented his first new published work since 2005.[4]

## Works

- *L'Illusionniste* (1973)
- *L'Emmitouflé* (1977)
- *Le Bonhomme Sept-heures* ISBN 0776130307
- *Le Canard de bois* (1981, ISBN 2020058898)
- *Les Fils de la liberté II. La Corne de brume* (1982, ISBN 2020064790)
- *Racontages* (1983, ISBN 2890520846)
- *Le Vrai Voyage de Jacques Cartier* (1984)
- *Marco-Polo : Le nouveau livre des merveilles* (1985)
- *La Vie d'artiste* (1987, ISBN 2890522083)
- *Au fond des mers* (1987, ISBN 2890522091)
- *Les Fils de la liberté III. Le coup de poing* (1990, ISBN 2020105918)
- *Les Chemins du Nord . La tuque et le béret* (1992–1993, ISBN 2909241173)
- *Les Chemins du Nord II. Le Bouleau et l'épinette* (1993, ISBN 2-909241-40-8)
- *Montréal : un parfum d'îles* (1994, ISBN 2-7604-0458-7)
- *Terre des Inuit* (1997, ISBN 2-920718-68-1)
- *Les Chemins du Nord III. L'outarde et la palombe* (1999, ISBN 2-84187-165-7)
- *Le Corps collectionneur* (2000, ISBN 2-922265-14-5)
- *Il n'y a plus d'Amérique* (2002, ISBN 2-7646-0160-3)
- *Tête heureuse* (2005, ISBN 2-7646-0413-0)
- *Le Temps des bâtisseurs 1. Le visionnaire* (2015, ISBN 2-8098-1692-1)

## References

1. ["Louis Caron"](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-caron). *www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca*. Retrieved 2025-05-30.

1. "Limelight may be squirreled away". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, July 22, 1980.

1. "It's hockey month in Montreal as actors lace up for a bilingual TV series". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, July 12, 1985.

1. Linda_Corbo (2015-04-22). ["Le retour de Louis Caron"](https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/2015/04/22/le-retour-de-louis-caron-f14d53446d1294f0567fe44ee666c0d7/) (in French). *Le Nouvelliste*. Retrieved 2025-05-30.

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