Jocelyne Saucier | |
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 Saucier at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2015 | |
| Born | May 27, 1948 Clair, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Occupation | novelist, journalist |
| Language | French |
| Alma mater | Université Laval |
| Period | 1990s-present |
| Genre | fiction |
| Notable works | Il pleuvait des oiseaux |
| Notable awards | Prix Ringuet, Prix France-Québec, Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie |
Jocelyne Saucier (born May 27, 1948 in Clair, New Brunswick) [1] is a Canadian novelist and journalist based in Quebec. [2]
Educated in political science at the Université Laval, Saucier worked as a journalist in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec before publishing her debut novel, La Vie comme une image, in 1996. That book was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1996 Governor General's Awards. Her second novel, Les Héritiers de la mine, was a finalist for the Prix France-Québec in 2001, and her third novel, Jeanne sur les routes, was a finalist at the 2006 Governor General's Awards. Her fourth novel, Il pleuvait des oiseaux, won the Prix France-Québec, the Prix Ringuet, the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie, the Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada [3] and the Prix littéraire des collégiens, [4] while And the Birds Rained Down, its English translation by Rhonda Mullins, was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2013 Governor General's Awards. [5]
Il pleuvait des oiseaux was selected for the 2013 edition of Le Combat des livres , where it was championed by dancer and broadcaster Geneviève Guérard. And the Birds Rained Down was defended by Martha Wainwright in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads . [6]
A film adaptation of Il pleuvait des oiseaux by director Louise Archambault was released to theatres in 2019. [7]
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