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.

Jean-Alain Tremblay

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.

Jean-Alain Tremblay

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.

Jean-Alain Tremblay

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

Tremblay died in Chicoutimi at the age of 53.

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1952 births

2005 deaths

Canadian male novelists

Canadian novelists in French

Canadian male short story writers

Canadian short story writers in French

People from Alma, Quebec

Writers from Quebec

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