Novelist Yvan Godbout announced in a Facebook post that he was retiring from writing.
Posted at 12:19 p.m.
“I thought I was strong enough to outrun the storm, but I was wrong. “For the past five years, I’ve navigated public opinion with increasingly heavy shoulders,” he said.
The writer was acquitted in 2020 of producing child pornography for a passage from his novel Hansel and Gretel, in which he described the sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl by her father.
In his publication, the novelist denounces the label that has stuck to him since the affair. “I’m just sick of finding my name in a few articles, even great news, because I know I’m going to find two horrible words right next to them. »
“I will honor my commitments for 2023 and my projects in the making and try to re-enter the workforce,” continued Mr. Godbout.
“At the conclusion of this publication, I would like to thank the many readers who have stayed with me and supported me over the years; I will be forever grateful to you,” he concludes.
On Monday, production house Attraction announced it would be making a television adaptation of Forbidden Tales, to which it had acquired the rights, excluding Hansel and Gretel.