Lise Tremblay Explained
Lise Tremblay (born 13 June 1957) is a French Canadian novelist.
Tremblay was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her first awards were presented at the Saguenay-Lac. St Jean book festival for her 1990 debut novel L'hiver de pluie. Her 1999 novel, La danse juive won that year's Governor General's Award for fiction.[1]
In recent years, she has been teaching literature in Montreal at Cégep du Vieux Montréal.
Awards and recognition
- 1999: fiction winner, Governor General's Award, La danse juive
- 2003: Grand prix du livre de Montréal, La héronnière
- 2004: Prix des libraires du Québec, La héronnière
- 2004: Prix Jean-Hamelin, La héronnière
Bibliography
- L'hiver de pluie. Montreal: XYZ, 1990.
- La pêche blanche. Montreal: Leméac, 1994.
- La danse juive. Montreal: Leméac, 1999. (Mile End, trans. Gail Scott, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2002.)[2]
- La héronnière Montreal: Leméac, 2003. (The Hunting Ground, trans. Linda Gaboriau, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2006.)
- La soeur de Judith. Montreal: Boréal, 2007.
- L'Habitude des bêtes, Montréal, Éditions du Boréal, 2017,
Further reading
- Robert Dion: L’émergence des formes de la «vie de banlieue» en région dans "La Sœur de Judith" de Lise Tremblay, in "Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien" ZKS, 68, Wißner, Augsburg 2018, pp 90 – 103 en ligne
External links
Notes and References
- News: One town's sad plight . Claire . Rothman . . 10 January 2004 . H4.
- News: Fiction with a Quebec accent . Karen . Virag . . 14 May 2006 . E11.
