Biography

Pierre Turgeon (born 9 October 1947) is a Canadian novelist and essayist from Quebec. He was a journalist and literary critic at Perspectives and Radio-Canada. He is also a co-founder of l'Illettré with Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, Jean-Marie Poupart, Jean-Claude Germain and Michel Beaulieu. He is the author 22 books and of many screenplays, including a dramatization of the October Crisis. Turgeon's family has deep roots within Quebec's history; his ancestors were among the first to settle in New France in 1662.