Marie-Renée Lavoie Explained

Marie-Renée Lavoie (born February 21, 1974, in Quebec City) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.^[1] She is most noted for her 2010 novel La petite et le vieux, which won the 2012 edition of Le Combat des livres.^[2]

Mister Roger and Me, an English translation of La petite et le vieux by Wayne Grady, was published in 2012.^[3]

Her second novel, Autopsie d'une femme plate, was published in 2017,^[4] and the English translation Autopsy of a Boring Wife followed in 2019.^[5] A sequel novel, Diane demande un recomptage, was published in 2020,^[6] with the English translation A Boring Wife Settles the Score released in 2021.^[7]

Some Maintenance Required, an English translation of her 2018 novel Les chars meurent aussi, is slated for publication in 2022.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Dominic Tardif, "Marie-Renée Lavoie vous veut du bien". Le Devoir, January 25, 2020.
2. Chantal Guy, "Combat des livres: victoire de La petite et le vieux de Marie-Renée Lavoie". La Presse, March 29, 2012.
3. Kendra Paré, "Lost in Translation". The Link, September 27, 2012.
4. Christian Desmeules, "Marie-Renée Lavoie au bord de la crise de nerf". Le Devoir, April 29, 2017.
5. Nancy Wigston, "Marie-Renée Lavoie is ‘Boring’ her way to the truth". Toronto Star, March 15, 2019.
6. Marie-France Bornais, "«Diane demande un recomptage» de Marie-Renée Lavoie: recommencer sa vie". Le Journal de Québec, February 2, 2020.
7. https://www.cbc.ca/books/a-boring-wife-settles-the-score-1.5884029 "A Boring Wife Settles the Score"
8. 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"