David Clerson Explained

David Clerson (born 1978 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist from Quebec, who won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2014 for his debut novel Frères.^[1] Brothers, the novel's English translation by Katia Grubisic, was published in November 2016 and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2017 Governor General's Awards.^[2]

His second novel, En rampant, was published in 2016.^[3]

His third book, Dormir sans tête was published in 2019^[4] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal.^[5] This short story collection is translated by Katia Grubisic under the title Too See Out The Night.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/399022/le-grand-prix-litteraire-archambault-va-a-david-clerson "Le Grand Prix littéraire Archambault va à David Clerson"
2. https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/kathleen-winter-carol-off-among-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards/article36480837/ "Finalists named for 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards"
3. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/485558/fiction-quebecoise-david-clerson-expose-un-imaginaire-complexe-dans-en-rampant "David Clerson expose un imaginaire complexe dans «En rampant»"
4. News: Dormir sans tête: Les voies inattendues de David Clerson. La Presse . March 2019.
5. Web site: Voyez les cinq finalistes du Grand Prix du livre de Montréal. 17 October 2019 .
6. Web site: Bedtime stories for insomniacs: To See Out the Night by David Clerson. 7 October 2021.