Michael Delisle

Canadian writer from Quebec

Michael Delisle
Born	1959 (age 64–65) Longueuil, Quebec
Occupation	Novelist, poet, short stories
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1980s-present
Notable works	Le sort de fille, Le Feu de mon père

Michael Delisle (born 1959 in Longueuil) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for Le sort de fille at the 2006 Governor General's Awards and for Le Feu de mon père at the 2014 Governor General's Awards,^[1] and won the Grand prix du livre de Montréal in 2014 for Le Feu de mon père.^[2] He also received the Prix Émile-Nelligan for Fontainebleau in 1987 and the Prix Adrienne-Choquette for Le sort de Fille in 2005.^[3]

He is a professor of literature at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal.^[2]

Works

L'agrandissement (1980, ISBN 978-2-85920-078-7)
Drame privé (1990, ISBN 978-2-86744-189-9)
Helen avec un secret et autres nouvelles (1995, ISBN 978-2-7609-3183-1)
- English translation Helen with a Secret (tr. Gail Scott)
Long glissement (1996, ISBN 978-2-7609-1033-1)
Le désarroi du matelot (1998, ISBN 978-2-7609-3205-0)
- English translation The Sailor's Disquiet (tr. Gail Scott)
Dée (2002, ISBN 978-2-89406-277-7)
Le sort de Fille (2005, ISBN 978-2-7609-3269-2)
Prière à blanc (2009, ISBN 978-2-89018-656-9)
Tiroir No. 24 (2010, ISBN 9782764620366)
Le Feu de mon père (2014, ISBN 978-2-7646-2294-0)
- English translation Flame Out (tr. Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo)

References

^ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Michael Delisle remporte le Grand Prix du livre de Montréal". Ici Radio-Canada, November 17, 2014.
^ "Grand Prix du livre de Montréal 2014 : Michael Delisle l'emporte avec Le Feu de mon père". Voir (in French). November 17, 2014.