The writer Lili Gulliver, whose real name is Diane Boissonneault, died on Sunday evening in her adopted home of Charlevoix. She was 68 years old.
The VLB publishing house confirmed the information to the QMI agency on Monday, stating that she had died after a long battle with cancer.
A former journalist for La Presse, CKAC and CIBL, and a columnist for various magazines including Clin d’œil and Elle Québec, Ms. Boissonneault studied literature, music, photography and screenwriting. She was also a singer.
At the turn of the 1990s, “Sexplorer” and “Pink Warrior” published the four volumes “L’univers Gulliver” (Paris, Greece, Bangkok, Australia) one after the other with VLB-Verlag, “novels with irreverent humor that have been from Read by thousands of readers.
She has also written six other novels, including L’orgasme en apesanteur, Les cocktails concoctées moi mes amants and La perfide temptress.
Diane Laberge, who knew her well, spoke on Monday of Lili Gulliver’s “soaring feather” that “explored[é] with humor the many facets of eroticism and the eternal search for lust”.
For her part, the author Christine Michaud specified: “I will keep in my heart the beautiful memory of a laughing, funny, warm, welcoming and strong woman who, with such generosity, was able to share a journey full of courage. You will be one of those special people who will leave an unforgettable memory of determination and joie de vivre.”
In 1995, Diane Boissonneault founded a dating agency, which she ran for three years. She also created a show of naughty and bawdy songs called “Lili et les libertines” and was the author and one of the performers of the musical “J’aime les hommes” 20 years ago.
Note that Diane Boissonneault is also on the sets of the shows “Claire Lamarche”, “Éros et compagnie”, “Sexe et confidential”, “Liza”, “The end of the world is at seven o’clock”, “Bla bla bla” as well as Broadcasts in France, where his work also aired.
She is survived by her son Félix, sister Marie-France Rose, mother Clémence Mondou and spouse Roger Lebel.