Christian Guay-Poliquin

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Christian Guay-Poliquin
Born(1982-12-07)December 7, 1982
Saint-Armand
OccupationAuthor, Novelist
LanguageFrench
Literary movement CanLit
Notable works
  • Le fil des kilomètres
  • Le poids de la neige
Website
christianguaypoliquin.com

Christian Guay-Poliquin (born 1982) is a Canadian novelist from Quebec. [1] His second novel, Le Poids de la neige, won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards. [2] Guay-Poliquin was born in Saint-Armand, Quebec.

Canadians citizens of Canada

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The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

The shortlisted nominees for the 2017 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 4, 2017, and the winners were announced on November 1.

The novel also won the 2017 Prix des collégiens [3] and the 2017 Prix France-Québec. [4]

The Prix France-Québec is a Canadian literary award, presented to a Canadian French language writer who has published work in either Canada or France.

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Saguenay, Quebec City in Quebec, Canada

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References

  1. ↑ "Christian Guay-Poliquin, l’hiver de force". Le Devoir , September, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize". CBC News, November 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Christian Guay-Poliquin rallie les collégiens" Le Devoir , April 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Le prix France-Québec à Christian Guay-Poliquin". La Presse , October 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Review: New books from Anuk Arudpragasam, Laia Jufresa and Christian Guay-Poliquin". The Globe and Mail , October 21, 2016.
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