Didier Leclair Explained
Didier Leclair (born Didier Kabagema, 1967 in Montreal) is a Canadian francophone fiction writer currently based in Toronto.[1] He has lived in various countries in Africa, and has studied at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Toronto's Glendon College.
Awards and recognition
- 2000: French-language winner, Trillium Book Award, Toronto, je t'aime
- 2004: French-language fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, Ce pays qui est le mien
- 2011: French-language finalist, Trillium Book Award, Le soixantième parallèle
- 2016: French-language finalist, Trillium Book Award, Pour l'amour de Dimitri
- 2016: French-language winner, Christine Dimitriu Van Saanen Book Award, Pour l'amour de Dimitri
- 2018: French-language finalist, Trillium Book Award, Le Bonheur est un parfum sans nom
- 2019: English-language finalist, Toronto Book Award, This Country of mine (Translated work by Elaine Kennedy)
Bibliography
- 2000: Toronto, je t'aime (Vermillon)
- 2003: Ce pays qui est le mien (Vermillon)
- 2007: Un passage vers l'Occident (Vermillon)
- 2010: Le soixantième parallèle (Vermillon)
- 2012: Le complexe de Trafalgar (Vermillon)
- 2014: "Un ancien d'Afrique", (Vermillon)
- 2015: "Pour l'amour de Dimitri", (Les Éd. David)
- 2017: "Le bonheur est un parfum sans nom", (Les Ed. David)
- 2019: Translation of Ce pays qui est le mien by Elaine Kennedy: This Country of Mine, (Deux Voiliers Pub.)
- 2019: "Le vieil homme sans voix", (Les Ed. David)
- 2022: Translation of "Toronto, I Love You" by Elaine Kennedy, Mawenzi House publishing, (ISBN 978-1-77415-066-5)
- 2024: Le prince africain, le traducteur et le nazi" (Les éd. David)
Notes and References
- https://www.cbc.ca/books/66-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2022-1.6283875 "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022"
