Yves Thériault

Yves Thériault, OC was a Canadian author. He was born in Quebec City to Alcide and Aurore Thériault. On April 21, 1942, he married Germaine Blanchet, with whom he had two children, Marie-José and Yves-Michel. As a child he dropped out of school at the age of 15, holding many miscellaneous jobs until he became a known writer. Perhaps his best-known work is Agaguk, a story of cultural conflict between Inuit and white men, published in 1958.