Kevin Lambert | |
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| Born | 1992 Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Years active | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué, Querelle de Roberval |
Kevin Lambert (born 1992) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. [1] He is most noted for his novel Querelle de Roberval, which won the Prix Ringuet in 2019. [2]
Originally from the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Lambert moved to Montreal in his late teens to study literature at the Université de Montréal. [1] He published his debut novel Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué in 2017, [3] and followed up with Querelle de Roberval in 2018. [4] In addition to the Prix Ringuet, Querelle de Roberval won the Prix Sade [5] and the Prix Oeuvre de la relève à Montréal, [6] and was shortlisted for the Prix littéraire des collégiens. [7]
Biblioasis has published English translations of both of his novels, with You Will Love What You Have Killed published in 2020, [1] and Querelle of Roberval released in 2022. [8] The translated version of Querelle of Roberval was a finalist for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, [9] and won the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction. [10]
Lambert is openly gay. [11] Querelle de Roberval is partially based on Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest (Querelle de Brest). [12]
He published his third novel, Que notre joie demeure, in 2022. [13] The novel was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 Prix Goncourt. [14] Following the nomination, the novel sparked some controversy in France because Lambert was open about having had the novel vetted by a sensitivity reader prior to publication as it featured a key character of Haitian descent, with previous Goncourt winner Nicolas Mathieu criticizing the practice as stifling to a writer's creative liberty. [15] The novel was subsequently named the winner of the Prix Médicis [16] and the Prix Ringuet. [17]
