STANLEY PÉAN - NOVELIST
Born in Haïti in 1966, Stanley Péan grew up in Québec where his parents had immigrated. He is actually working on a doctorate thesis in which he compares different voodoo representations in Haïtian, American and Quebec literature. Literature columnist on radio and television, he cooperates regularly with numerous cultural and literary magazines. He often participates in colloquiums and animates meetings with other writers, writing workshops for young people and others in Québec and France. Author of short stories and novels, he publishes in 1993 a first novel for teenagers, L’emprise de la nuit, a story that, in tradition with the wonderful fantastic world, recalls rivalry between Skinheads and Blacks in Montréal. After spending many years hosting the literary program Bouquinville at the Cultural network, Stanley is hosting a jazz program at Espace musique de Radio Canada.  Chief editor of  Le Libraire, dedicated to the world of books, Stanley Péan obtains a literary Prize from CRSBP of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean for Le Tumulte de mon sang in 1991, and for L’Appel des Jours in 1998. In 1999 he receives the prize for best work of general interest from Le Salon du livre of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean for his essay Toute la ville en jazz. In December 2004 he was nominated President of l’Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois.