Michael Delisle

Michael Delisle (born 1959 in Longueuil) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for Le sort de fille at the 2006 Governor General's Awards and for Le Feu de mon père at the 2014 Governor General's Awards,[1] and won the Grand prix du livre de Montréal in 2014 for Le Feu de mon père.[2] He also received the Prix Émile-Nelligan for Fontainebleau in 1987 and the Prix Adrienne-Choquette for Le sort de Fille in 2005.[3]

Michael Delisle
Born1959 (age 6364)
Longueuil, Quebec
OccupationNovelist, poet, short stories
NationalityCanadian
Period1980s-present
Notable worksLe sort de fille, Le Feu de mon père

He is a professor of literature at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal.[2]

Works

  • L'agrandissement (1980, ISBN 978-2-85920-078-7)
  • Drame privé (1990, ISBN 978-2-86744-189-9)
  • Helen avec un secret et autres nouvelles (1995, ISBN 978-2-7609-3183-1)
    • English translation Helen with a Secret (tr. Gail Scott)
  • Long glissement (1996, ISBN 978-2-7609-1033-1)
  • Le désarroi du matelot (1998, ISBN 978-2-7609-3205-0)
    • English translation The Sailor's Disquiet (tr. Gail Scott)
  • Dée (2002, ISBN 978-2-89406-277-7)
  • Le sort de Fille (2005, ISBN 978-2-7609-3269-2)
  • Prière à blanc (2009, ISBN 978-2-89018-656-9)
  • Tiroir No. 24 (2010, ISBN 9782764620366)
  • Le Feu de mon père (2014, ISBN 978-2-7646-2294-0)

References


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