Christian Guay-Poliquin Explained
| Christian Guay-Poliquin |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Armand |
| Occupation: | Author, Novelist |
| Language: | French |
| Movement: | CanLit |
| Notableworks: | - Le fil des kilomètres
- Le poids de la neige
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Christian Guay-Poliquin (born 1982) is a Canadian novelist from Quebec.[1] His second novel, Le Poids de la neige, won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards.[2] Guay-Poliquin was born in Saint-Armand, Quebec.
The novel also won the 2017 Prix littéraire des collégiens,[3] and the 2017 Prix France-Québec.[4]
Works
- Le fil des kilomètres (2013)
- transl. Jacob Homel: Running on Fumes Talonbooks, Vancouver 2016[5]
- (fr) Le poids de la neige La Peuplade, Saguenay 2016 312 pp
- Le poids de la neige. Les éd. de l'observatoire, Paris 2017 256 pp (new version, generated by the author)
- (it) Il peso della neve. Marsilio, Venezia 2018
- (angl.) transl. Jacob Homel: The weight of snow. Talonbooks, Vancouver 2019 ("certain changes to his novel", p. 2 = Parisian version)
Notes and References
- https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/479615/le-fil-des-kilometres-christian-guay-poliquin-l-hiver-de-force "Christian Guay-Poliquin, l’hiver de force"
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/governor-general-literary-awards-winners-2017-1.4381577 "Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize"
- https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/495895/christian-guay-poliquin-rallie-les-collegiens "Christian Guay-Poliquin rallie les collégiens"
- http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/nouvelles/201710/24/01-5141110-le-prix-france-quebec-a-christian-guay-poliquin.php "Le prix France-Québec à Christian Guay-Poliquin"
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-new-books-from-anuk-arudpragasam-laia-jufresa-and-christian-guay-poliquin/article32468502/ "Review: New books from Anuk Arudpragasam, Laia Jufresa and Christian Guay-Poliquin"
