Perrine Leblanc Explained

Perrine Leblanc
Birth Date:1980
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Occupation:novelist
Period:2010s-present
Nationality:Canadian
Notableworks:L'homme blanc

Perrine Leblanc (born 1980 in Montreal)[1] is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Her debut novel L'homme blanc, published in 2010, won the 2010,[2] the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2011 Governor General's Awards,[3] and the 2011 edition of Le Combat des livres.[4]

Leblanc studied at the Université Laval and the Université de Montréal, and worked as an editor with Éditions Leméac in Montreal before publishing L'homme blanc. Following the novel's commercial and award success, a revised edition was published in France in 2011 under the title Kolia.

Her second novel, Malabourg, was published in 2014.[5]

English translations

Kolia, 2013, House of Anansi Press.
The Lake, 2015, House of Anansi Press.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/310380/naissance-d-une-ecrivaine "Naissance d'une écrivaine"
  2. http://voir.ca/livres/2011/04/14/perrine-leblanc-de-but-en-blanche/ "De but en blanche"
  3. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2011/11/15/002-prix-litteraires-gouverneur.shtml "Perrine Leblanc parmi les lauréats des prix littéraires du gouverneur général"
  4. http://www.lanouvelle.net/Culture/2011-03-23/article-2358467/%C2%ABLhomme-blanc%C2%BB-de-Perrine-Leblanc-remporte-le-Combat-des-livres/1 «L'homme blanc» de Perrine Leblanc remporte le Combat des livres
  5. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/403899/perrine-leblanc-parfums-de-femmes "Perrine Leblanc, parfums de femmes"