Markoosie Patsauq (ᒫᑯᓯ ᐸᑦᓴᐅᖅ; 1941 or 1942 – 2020) was a Canadian Inuk writer from Inukjuak (Nunavik, Québec).
[6] Patsauq wrote the coming-of-age story Harpoon of the Hunter in 1969 when he worked as a pilot (the first Inuk pilot in Canada), using material he had heard from family members.
[7] It was serialized in the Inuit periodical Inuttituut before being published in an English translation in 1970.
[8][9] He also wrote short stories and non-fiction, although none of his other work became as known as Harpoon of the Hunter.
[10] Together with Marc-Antoine Mahieu (affiliated with NALCO), and in collaboration with Patsauq, Henitiuk in 2021 made the first full critical edition of Patsauq's 1969-70 Umarjursiutik unaatuinnamut as Hunter with Harpoon/Chasseur au Harpon.