Jean-Alain Tremblay

Jean-Alain Tremblay (March 18, 1952 – June 9, 2005) was a writer who lived in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

The son of Gérard Tremblay and Rita Dufour, he was born Jeannot Tremblay in Alma, Quebec. Tremblay received a bachelor's degree in administration from Laval University. He worked as director of employment development at Chicoutimi for Employment and Immigration Canada and later as director of regional operations for Réseau Emploi-Québec du Saguenay/Lac St-Jean.

His first novel ''La nuit des Perséides'', published in 1989, received the Prix Robert-Cliche, the and the . This was followed by ''La grande chamaille'', published in 1993. Tremblay also wrote a radio drama ''Par la bande'', broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2001. He published a nine volume collection of short stories based in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region: ''Un lac, un fjord, un fleuve''.

Tremblay was president of the Musée Louis-Hémon de Péribonka from 1992 to 1995 and was a founding member of the Association professionnelle des écrivains de la Sagamie Côte-Nord, also serving as its president.

He was married to Manon Brault; the couple had four children.

Tremblay died in Chicoutimi at the age of 53. Provided by Wikipedia