Marianne Apostolides

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Marianne Apostolides
Occupationnovelist, memoirist
Nationality Canadian
Period1990s-present
Notable worksSwim, Voluptuous Pleasure

Marianne Apostolides is a Canadian novelist and memoirist. [1] She is best known for her 2009 novel Swim, whose French-language translation by Madeleine Stratford was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English to French translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards, [2] and her 2012 memoir Voluptuous Pleasure: The Truth About the Writing Life, which was named one of the 100 best books of the year by The Globe and Mail . [3]

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