Maryse Andraos (born 1988) is a Canadian writer from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, [1] whose debut novel Sans refuge was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards. [2]
The daughter of an Egyptian father and a québécoise mother, she was educated at the Université du Québec à Montréal. [3] The novel is an expansion of her earlier short story of the same name, [4] which was the winner of Ici Radio-Canada's annual short story prize in 2018. [1]
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal. It lies on the west flank of Mont Saint-Bruno, one of the Monteregian Hills. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 26,107. It merged with Longueuil in 2002 but de-merged in 2006.
Monique Proulx is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.
Alain Farah is a Canadian writer and academic. Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1979 to Lebanese immigrant parents, he has published two novels and a collection of poetry.
Normand de Bellefeuille (French:[nɔʁmɑ̃dəbɛlfœj]; 31 December 1949 – 8 January 2024) was a Canadian poet, writer, literary critic, and essayist. He was a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, winning at the 2000 Governor General's Awards for La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Le poème est une maison de bord de mer.
Marie-Hélène Poitras is a Canadian writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
Catherine Leroux is a Canadian novelist who usually writes in French.
Daniel Grenier is a Canadian writer from Quebec, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for his debut novel, L’année la plus longue.
Fred Pellerin is a Canadian musician and storyteller from Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec. He is a three-time Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year, garnering nominations at the Juno Awards of 2011 for Silence, the Juno Awards of 2012 for C'est un monde, and the Juno Awards of 2020 for Après, and recorded "L'Hymne", the theme song for the film Snowtime! , in duet with Céline Dion.
David Clerson is a Canadian novelist from Quebec, who won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2014 for his debut novel Frères. Brothers, the novel's English translation by Katia Grubisic, was published in November 2016 and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2017 Governor General's Awards.
Dominique Scali is a Canadian novelist and journalist from Quebec. She was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for her debut novel À la recherche de New Babylon, and W. Donald Wilson was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for the novel's English translation In Search of New Babylon.
Naomi Fontaine is a Canadian writer from Quebec, noted as one of the most prominent First Nations writers in contemporary francophone Canadian literature. She is a member of the Innu nation.
Karoline Georges is a Canadian writer and multidisciplinary artist from Quebec, whose novel De synthèse won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.
The Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best short film made within the cinema of Quebec. Starting at the 16th Jutra Awards, the award was presented to the directors and producers of the short films. Prior to that ceremony, only the directors received nominations.
Jean-François Beauchemin is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is most noted as a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, receiving nominations at the 2008 Governor General's Awards for Ceci est mon corps and at the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Cette année s'envole ma jeunesse.
Wandering: A Rohingya Story is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins and released in 2020. The film is a portrait of the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, which houses a large number of refugees from the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar.
Mélanie Carrier is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Quebec. The cofounder with her husband Olivier Higgins of the production studio Mö Films, the duo concentrate primarily on films about the relationships of the world's indigenous peoples with the wider world.
Charlotte Biron is a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec, whose debut novel Jardin radio was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.
Paul Tom is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for his films Baggage (Bagages) and Alone (Seuls).
Nicholas Dawson is a Canadian writer from Quebec, most noted for his 2020 book Désormais, ma demeure.