Personality · Literature
Writer
📍 Birthplace Artibonite
🎂 Birthday May 23
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Thélyson Orélien is a Haitian-born Canadian novelist and poet. He is best known for his 2026 novel C'était ça ou mourir, published by Éditions du Boréal in Quebec and by Éditions Grasset in France. The work received widespread critical acclaim and appeared on the selection lists for numerous literary awards, including the Prix Goncourt. Orélien was subsequently accused of plagiarism and of using generative AI in several of his works. C'était ça ou mourir was removed from consideration for the Prix Goncourt as a result.
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Main works
C'était ça ou mourir · 2026
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Career
- 2026C'était ça ou mourirWork
- 2026prix MéduseDistinction
- 2026prix Première PlumeDistinction
- 2026Prix du roman FnacDistinction
Distinctions
- 2026prix Méduse
- 2026prix Première Plume
- 2026Prix du roman Fnac
Places
- Birthplace
- Artibonite
- Languages
- French
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q3526284 (CC0)
- Photo: Jean Laposte, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.