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.

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

Works

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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.