Martin Fournier (born September 10, 1954) is a Canadian historian and writer. He is most noted as the author of The Adventures of Radisson, a series of young adult historical novels centred on the adventures and explorations of 17th-century fur trader Pierre-Esprit Radisson.
L'enfer ne brûle pas, the first novel in the Radisson series, was the winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature at the 2011 Governor General's Awards. Later novels in the series included Sauver les français (2014), L'année des surhommes (2016) and Le castor ou la vie (2021). The first three novels in the series have also been translated into English by Peter McCambridge, as Hell Never Burns (2012), Back to the New World (2015) and The Incredible Escape (2016).
A former professor of history at the Université du Québec à Rimouski, he has also published an academic biography of Radisson, Pierre-Esprit Radisson 1636-1710. Aventurier et commerçant (2001), as well as Jean Mauvide, de chirurgien à seigneur de l'île d'Orléans au XVIIIe siècle (2004).
References
- Mathilde Recly, "«Dans la peau de…» Martin Fournier, auteur des Aventures de Radisson". Bible urbaine, June 11, 2021.
- "La vie aventureuse de l’explorateur Pierre-Esprit Radisson". Ici Radio-Canada Première, September 28, 2021.
- "Prix du Gouverneur Général: Perrine Leblanc l'emporte grâce à «L'Homme blanc»". Le Devoir, November 15, 2011.
- Ruth Latta, "The Adventures of Radisson". CM Reviews, May 20, 2016.
- Thomas Wien, "FOURNIER, Martin, Pierre-Esprit Radisson 1636-1710. Aventurier et commerçant (Sillery, Septentrion, 2001), 319 p.". Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, Volume 57, Number 2, Fall 2003, p. 278–281.
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