Julie Mazzieri

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Julie Mazzieri in 2017

Julie Mazzieri (born 1975 in Saint-Paul-de-Chester, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist and translator who currently lives in Corsica. [1] She is most noted for her novel Le discours sur la tombe de l'idiot, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2009 Governor General's Awards. [2] The novel was also a finalist for the Prix Orange du livre and the Prix littéraire des collégiens. [3]

In 2010, she published a French translation of Gail Scott's novel My Paris. [4]

Mazzieri's second novel, La Bosco, was published in 2017. [5] It was a finalist for the Prix Wepler in France. [6]

References

  1. "Julie Mazzieri: La Bosco". Voir , October 31, 2017.
  2. "Two area writers win Governor General's awards; History, teen story take prestigious literary prizes". Ottawa Citizen , November 18, 2009.
  3. "Les 5 livres en lice" Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine . Prix littéraire des collégiens, 2010.
  4. "Littérature canadienne - Le Paris de Gail Scott". Le Devoir , November 27, 2010.
  5. "L'équipée d'un incapable, selon Julie Mazzieri". Le Devoir , September 30, 2017.
  6. "Le Prix Wepler fête ses 20 ans en fanfare". Le Figaro , September 8, 2017.