Michael Delisle
Michael Delisle | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, short stories |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1980s–present |
| Notable works | Le sort de fille, Le Feu de mon père |
Michael Delisle (born 1959 in Longueuil) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for Le sort de fille at the 2006 Governor General's Awards and for Le Feu de mon père at the 2014 Governor General's Awards,[1] and won the Grand prix du livre de Montréal in 2014 for Le Feu de mon père.[2] He also received the Prix Émile-Nelligan for Fontainebleau in 1987 and the Prix Adrienne-Choquette for Le sort de Fille in 2005.[3]
He is a professor of literature at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal.[2]
Works
[edit]- L'agrandissement (1980, ISBN 978-2-85920-078-7)
- Drame privé (1990, ISBN 978-2-86744-189-9)
- Helen avec un secret et autres nouvelles (1995, ISBN 978-2-7609-3183-1)
- English translation Helen with a Secret (tr. Gail Scott)
- Long glissement (1996, ISBN 978-2-7609-1033-1)
- Le désarroi du matelot (1998, ISBN 978-2-7609-3205-0)
- English translation The Sailor's Disquiet (tr. Gail Scott)
- Dée (2002, ISBN 978-2-89406-277-7)
- Le sort de Fille (2005, ISBN 978-2-7609-3269-2)
- Prière à blanc (2009, ISBN 978-2-89018-656-9)
- Tiroir No. 24 (2010, ISBN 9782764620366)
- Le Feu de mon père (2014, ISBN 978-2-7646-2294-0)
- English translation Flame Out (tr. Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
- 1 2 "Michael Delisle remporte le Grand Prix du livre de Montréal". Ici Radio-Canada, November 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Grand Prix du livre de Montréal 2014 : Michael Delisle l'emporte avec Le Feu de mon père". Voir (in French). November 17, 2014.
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