# Louis Hamelin

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Canadian journalist and fiction writer (born 1959)

For the geographer, see [Louis-Edmond Hamelin](/source/Louis-Edmond_Hamelin).

Louis Hamelin Born (1959-06-09) June 9, 1959 (age 67) Saint-Séverin-de-Proulxville, Quebec Occupation Writer Nationality Canadian Period 1980s-present Notable works La Rage, Sauvages, La Constellation du Lynx

Louis Hamelin photographed photographed in [Montréal](/source/Montr%C3%A9al), [Québec](/source/Qu%C3%A9bec), [Canada](/source/Canada) at the Salon du livre de Montréal 2018.

**Louis Hamelin** (born June 9, 1959 in [Saint-Séverin-de-Proulxville](/source/Saint-S%C3%A9verin%2C_Mauricie%2C_Quebec), Quebec)[1] is a Canadian journalist and fiction writer.[2] He won the [Governor General's Award for French-language fiction](/source/Governor_General's_Award_for_French-language_fiction) in 1989 for his novel *La Rage*,[1] and was nominated for the same award in 1995 for his novel *Betsi Larousse, ou l'ineffable eccéité de la loutre* and in 2006 for his short story collection *Sauvages*.

Having graduated from [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) and the [Université du Québec à Montréal](/source/Universit%C3%A9_du_Qu%C3%A9bec_%C3%A0_Montr%C3%A9al),[1] he has also worked as a journalist and literary critic for *[Le Devoir](/source/Le_Devoir)*.[1]

His 2010 novel *La Constellation du Lynx*, a fictionalized account of the 1970 [October Crisis](/source/October_Crisis), won numerous literary awards in Quebec, including the Prix littéraire des collégiens, the Prix des libraires du Québec, the Grand Prix littéraire de la Presse québécoise and the [Prix Ringuet](/source/Prix_Ringuet).[3] An English translation by [Wayne Grady](/source/Wayne_Grady_(author)), titled *October 1970*, was published in 2013 and was named a longlisted nominee for that year's [Scotiabank Giller Prize](/source/Scotiabank_Giller_Prize).[4]

## Works

### Fiction

- *La Rage* (1989)

- *Ces spectres agités* (1991)

- *Cowboy*, 1992 (translated by Jean-Paul Murray as *Cowboy*, 2000)

- *Betsi Larousse, ou l'ineffable eccéité de la loutre*, 1994 (translated by Jean-Paul Murray as *Betsi Larousse or the Ineffable Essence of the Otter*, published by Ekstasis in 2015).

- *Le Soleil des gouffres* (1996)

- *Le Joueur de flûte* (2001)

- *Sauvages* (2006)

- *La Constellation du Lynx*, 2010 (translated by Wayne Grady as *October 1970*, 2013)

- *Autour d'Éva.* (2016)

- *Les crépuscules de la Yellowstone* (2020)

- *Un lac le matin* (2023)

### Non-fiction

- *Les Étranges et édifiantes aventures d'un oniromane*, 1994

- *Le Voyage en pot*, 1999

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-canenc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-canenc_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-canenc_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-canenc_1-3) [Louis Hamelin](https://archive.today/20130916204951/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/fr/louis-hamelin) at [The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["La crise d'Octobre selon Louis Hamelin"](http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201009/23/01-4326016-la-crise-doctobre-selon-louis-hamelin.php). *[La Presse](/source/La_Presse_(Canadian_newspaper))*, September 24, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Louis Hamelin reçoit un autre prix pour son roman La constellation du lynx"](http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201105/20/01-4401475-louis-hamelin-recoit-un-autre-prix-pour-son-roman-la-constellation-du-lynx.php). *[La Presse](/source/La_Presse_(Canadian_newspaper))*, May 20, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Meet the Giller long list: This year's literary prize has a distinct east-coast feel"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/meet-the-giller-long-list-this-years-literary-prize-has-a-distinct-east-coast-feel/article14335286/). *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, September 16, 2013.

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