Eisspeedway

Michel Jean

Michel Jean
BornAlma, Quebec, Canada
Occupationjournalist, novelist
LanguageFrench
NationalityCanadian
Notable workskukum

Michel Jean is a Canadian television journalist and author.[1] He was the weekend anchor of TVA Nouvelles on TVA until retiring from the network in 2024,[2] and was formerly an anchor on TVA's newsmagazine JE and for the 24-hour news channel RDI.[3]

In addition to his journalism career, Jean has published several novels, including Envoyé spécial (2008), Un monde mort comme la lune (2009), Une vie à aimer (2010), Elle et nous (2012), Le vent en parle encore (2013), La belle mélancolie (2015), Tsunamis (2017), Kukum (2019),[4] Tiohtiá:ke (2021), and Qimmik (2023).

Kukum, a novel based on the life of his own Innu great-grandmother Almanda Siméon, won the Prix France-Québec in 2020,[5] and was selected for the 2021 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by indigenous activist and now Senator Michèle Audette.[6] The novel won the competition on May 7, 2021.[7] Following his success with Kukum, his earlier novel Elle et nous was reissued in 2021 under the new title Atuk.[8]

Susan Ouriou received a nomination for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2023 Governor General's Awards for her translation of Kukum.[9]

References