Maxime Raymond Bock Explained

Maxime Raymond Bock
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:Writer
Period:2011–present
Notableworks:Les noyades secondaires

Maxime Raymond Bock (born 1981) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his 2017 short story collection Les noyades secondaires, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[2]

His debut short story collection Atavismes was published in 2011, and won the Prix Adrienne-Choquette in 2012.[3] He followed up with the novellas Rosemont de profil in 2013 and Des lames de pierre in 2015.[3] Both Atavismes and Des lames de pierre have been published in English translation, as Atavisms (2015)[4] and Baloney (2016).[5]

A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal, he is currently a doctoral student at the Université de Montréal.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201807/26/01-5190924-le-plateau-rosemont-de-maxime-raymond-bock.php "Le «plateau» Rosemont de Maxime Raymond Bock"
  2. http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201810/03/01-5198851-prix-litteraires-du-gouverneur-general-les-finalistes-devoiles.php "Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général: les finalistes dévoilés"
  3. https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/438216/la-poesie-comme-mode-de-vie-en-vain "La poésie comme mode de vie, en vain"
  4. [Pasha Malla]
  5. http://winnipegreview.com/2016/12/baloney-by-maxime-raymond-bock/ "‘Baloney’ by Maxime Raymond Bock"