Pan Bouyoucas

Pan Bouyoucas (born 16 August 1946 in Lebanon) is a Greek-Canadian author, playwright and translator.

History

Bouyoucas was born to Greek parents and emigrated to Canada in 1963. After studies in architecture, in Montreal and New York City, he obtained a BFA (theatre and film) at Concordia University, and worked a few years as a film critic. In the 1970s he published two novels, then wrote mostly for radio and the theatre, both in French and English. Since 1995, he has published ten novels, a collection of short stories, and a book for children. He has been nominated for several Canadian and international awards and his theatrical plays have been translated and staged in several countries.

Novels

• Le dernier souffle (Editions du Jour, 1975)

• Une bataille d'Amérique (Editions Quinze, 1976)

• L'humoriste et l’assassin (Libre Expression, 1996 and Club Québec-Loisirs, 1997)

• La vengeance d'un père (Libre Expression, 1997, Guernica Editions, 2001, as A Father's Revenge), shortlisted for the Prix Ringuet de l’Académie des lettres du Québec

• L'autre (Les Allusifs, 2001, Cormorant, 2008, in Aegean Tales), Finalist, the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the Prix Marcel-Couture du Salon du Livre de Montréal

• Anna Pourquoi (Les Allusifs, 2004, Cormorant, 2008, in Aegean Tales), winner of the Prix littéraire des collégiens and Le livre élu (France)

• The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea (Cormorant, 2006, Les Allusifs), selected by France’s FNAC as one of the 12 best novels of 2005-2006

• Portrait d'un mari avec les cendres de sa femme (Les Allusifs, 2010)

• Cocorico (XYZ, 2011)

• The Tattoo (Cormorant, 2011, XYZ, 2012), nominated for the Re-Lit Award

       •	Ari et la reine de l'orge (Les Allusifs, 2014)
       •      Le mauvais œil (Les Allusifs, 2015)

Short stories

Children's books

Theatre

• Le pourboire (1983), First prize, Concours Radiophonique de Radio-Canada and Concours de la Communauté radiophonique des programmes de langue française, Paris.

• Kill the Music (1986), Screener’s Award, Quebec Drama Festival

• From the Main to Mainstreet (1988), renamed Divided We Stand (1991), Canadian Stage's biggest box-office success and Toronto's 1991 biggest hit

• Three Cops on a Roof (1990)

• Le Cerf-volant (1992, Editions Trait d’union, 2000, The Paper Eagle, Playwrights Canada Press, 2006)

• Lionel (1994, Dramaturges Editeurs, 2011), Prix TNM du théâtre épique, shortlisted for the Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award

• Nocturne (1995, Dramaturges Editeurs, 1998)

• Hypatie (1997, Dramaturges Editeurs, 2005), Prix des Journées d’auteurs, Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon, France

Translations

Bouyoucas has translated fifteen books from English to French, including:

• Ombre de Maggie (Jackrabbit Moon) by Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, Libre Expression, 2000, Quebec Writers’ Federation Prize for translation 2002

External links

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