Jean-Pierre Gorkynian
- Writer
As a Montreal author of Syrian origin, Jean-Pierre has been interested for more than 5 years in identity issues related to immigration, more specifically on the impacts of this phenomenon on adolescents of expatriate parents of Arab origin: culture, mixing and search for identity.
His writing work notably includes a short movie, a novel published with Éditions VLB, finalist for the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault (2016) as well as for the Prix du Premier Roman de Chambéry (2016), a feature film under contract negotiation, a theatre play as well as a second novel underway.