Neil Smith | |
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| Born | 1964 Montreal, Quebec |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | Bang Crunch, Boo, Jones |
| Notable awards | Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction |
Neil Smith (born 1964) is a Canadian writer and translator from Montreal, Quebec. [1] His novel Boo, published in 2015, [2] won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. [3] Boo was also nominated for a Sunburst Award [4] and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, [5] and was longlisted for the Prix des libraires du Québec.
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Smith published his debut book, the short story collection Bang Crunch, in 2007. [6] It was chosen as a best book of the year by the Washington Post and The Globe and Mail , won the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers' Federation, [7] and was a finalist for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Three stories in the book were also nominated for the Journey Prize. [8]
Smith also has a degree in translation and translates from French to English. [9] The Goddess of Fireflies, his translation of Geneviève Pettersen's novel La déesse des mouches à feu, was nominated for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards. [10]
His newest book of fiction, the novel Jones, was released in August 2022. It is the harrowing story of a pair of siblings attempting to survive the horror show of their family. [11] It, too, was nominated for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. [12]
