Louis Carmain Explained
| Louis Carmain |
| Birth Place: | Quebec City |
| Birth Date: | 1983 |
| Occupation: | novelist |
| Period: | 2010s–present |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Notableworks: | Guano |
Louis Carmain is a Canadian writer.[1] His debut novel Guano, published in 2013, won the 2014 Prix littéraire des collégiens,[2] and its English translation by Rhonda Mullins was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards.[3]
His second novel, Bunyip, was published in 2014.[4]
His third novel, Les offrandes, was published in 2019.[5] It was a finalist in the 2020 edition of the Prix litteraire des collégiens.[6]
Notes and References
- "New solitudes: What do three new works of Francophone fiction reveal to the Anglophone reader? Thankfully, nothing cohesive". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 2015.
- http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2014/04/14/004-guano-de-louis-carmain-remporte-le-prix-litteraire-des-collegiens-2014.shtml "Un premier roman remporte le Prix littéraire des collégiens 2014"
- Mark Medley, "Governor-General’s Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2016.
- Catherine Lalonde, "Une histoire d’épave". Le Devoir, September 13, 2014.
- Christian Desmeules, Louis Carmain: écrire contre le néant". Le Devoir, September 21, 2019.
- https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1704927/prix-litteraire-collegiens-naomi-fontaine-autochtone-innu-memoire-encrier "Le Prix littéraire des collégiens remis à Naomi Fontaine"
