Ève Lambert
Ève Lambert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992 (age 33–34) Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | French |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
| Notable works | Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué, Querelle de Roberval, Que notre joie demeure |
Ève Lambert[1] (née Kevin Lambert; born 1992) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[2] She is most noted for her novel Que notre joie demeure, which won the Prix Médicis in 2026.[3]
Originally from the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Lambert moved to Montreal in her late teens to study literature at the Université de Montréal.[2] She published her debut novel Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué in 2017,[4] and followed up with Querelle de Roberval in 2018.[5] In addition to the Prix Ringuet, Querelle de Roberval won the Prix Sade[6] and the Prix Œuvre de la relève à Montréal,[7] and was shortlisted for the Prix littéraire des collégiens.[8]
Biblioasis has published English translations of both novels, with You Will Love What You Have Killed published in 2020,[2] and Querelle of Roberval released in 2022.[9] The translated version of Querelle of Roberval was a finalist for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,[10] and won the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction.[11]
Before transitioning, Lambert was a gay man.[12] Querelle de Roberval is partially based on Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest (Querelle de Brest).[13] Later, she underwent "a long and uncertain exit from gender, an infinite withdrawal, a studious disassociation from the categories of woman or man."[14]
She published her third novel and the first under the name Kev Lambert, Que notre joie demeure, in 2022.[15] The novel was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 Prix Goncourt.[16] Following the nomination, the novel sparked some controversy in France because Lambert was open about having had the novel vetted by a sensitivity reader prior to publication as it featured a key character of Haitian descent, with previous Goncourt winner Nicolas Mathieu criticizing the practice as stifling to a writer's creative liberty.[17] The novel was subsequently named the winner of the Prix Médicis[18] and the Prix Ringuet.[19]
May Our Joy Endure, an English translation of Que notre joie demeure, was published in fall 2024,[20] around the same time as the publication of Lambert's fourth novel Les Sentiers de neige.[21]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ève Lambert - Éditions Héliotrope". www.editionsheliotrope.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-17.
- 1 2 3 Christopher DiRaddo, "A thrilling debut novel takes revenge on smalltown homophobia". Xtra!, September 28, 2020.
- ↑ Maalouf, Laila (2023-11-09). "Kevin Lambert remporte le prix Médicis". La Presse. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Dominic Tardif, "Pour en finir avec Chicoutimi". Le Devoir, April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Chantal Guy, "Querelle de Roberval: le goût du meurtre". La Presse, September 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Kevin Lambert remporte le prix Sade en France". Ici Radio-Canada Première, September 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Kevin Lambert primé pour son roman «Querelle de Roberval»". Le Journal de Montréal, May 28, 2020.
- ↑ "Prix littéraire : les collégiens choisissent Ce qu’on respire sur Tatouine". Ici Radio-Canada, April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Ian McGillis, "Querelle of Roberval a homage to the works of Jean Genet". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2022.
- ↑ "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022.
- ↑ "2023 ReLit Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire, October 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Kevin Lambert met le feu au Lac-Saint-Jean" (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ Dominic Tardif, "Les nouveaux mâles de la littérature québécoise". Le Devoir, September 29, 2018.
- ↑ Lambert, Kev. "Transitionner dans un monde haineux". Liberté. Montreal. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Que notre joie demeure, de Kevin Lambert : incursion chez les classes dominantes". Ici Radio-Canada, September 7, 2022.
- ↑ Vicky Fragasso-Marquis, "Quebec author Kevin Lambert in contention for prestigious Prix Goncourt award". CBC News, September 5, 2023.
- ↑ Thomas Macdonald, "Quebec author at heart of controversy in France over 'sensitivity reading'". Toronto Star, September 25, 2023.
- ↑ Chantal Guy, "Notre joie récompensée". La Presse, November 9, 2023.
- ↑ Mickaël Meunier, "Kevin Lambert lauréat du prix Ringuet pour son livre Que notre joie demeure". Le Soleil, October 19, 2023.
- ↑ Ben Sigurdson, "A thrilling look ahead: Fall books season promises another full slate of engaging fiction and non-fiction". Winnipeg Free Press, August 3, 2024.
- ↑ Samuel Larochelle, "Le roman du trauma de Kev Lambert". Fugues, October 5, 2024.
- 1992 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women novelists
- French-language Canadian novelists
- Canadian transgender writers
- Canadian LGBTQ novelists
- Writers from Saguenay, Quebec
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Transgender novelists
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- Prix Médicis winners
- Novelists from Quebec
- Canadian transgender women