Paul Ruban, French-language author, playwright, screenwriter and literary translator.
«I read Paul Ruban’s script, and it was difficult to say no.» ~ Guillaume Lonergan, Variety, 05/24/2026
Bio
Paul Ruban is a screenwriter, author, playwright, and literary translator. For over ten years, he has brought his writing talents to projects across a wide range of genres for Radio-Canada, UnisTV/TV5, and TFO. A former member of the Winnipeg Film Group, his feature film Denise sans Denis was developed through the Atelier Grand Nord residency (SODEC) and the ÉLAN program of the Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada. The film was shot in spring 2026 with Guillaume Lonergan (Empathie). He has also collaborated with Kavalo Productions as a screenwriter on the documentary series KAPSUR.
In literature, Paul Ruban won the Trillium Book Award in 2020 for Crevaison en corbillard and was nominated for the John Glassco Literary Translation Prize for Derek Mascarenhas’ La neige des cocotiers. His first novel, Le parfum de la baleine, was named one of La Presse’s “eight must-read titles” of 2023. A finalist for both the Trillium Book Award and the Prix Champlain, the book was praised by critics in Canada and Germany, where it was translated and published. He is currently working on La manche, his first play.