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Canadian writer from Quebec (born 1980)
Daniel Grenier
Born1980
Brossard, Quebec
Occupationnovelist, translator
NationalityCanadian
Period2010s-present
Notable worksL’année la plus longue

Daniel Grenier (born 1980) 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.

A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal, he published the short story collection Malgré tout on rit à Saint-Henri in 2012. In 2014, he published Douce détresse, a French translation of Anna Leventhal's short story collection Sweet Affliction.

His non-fiction book La solitude de l'écrivain de fond was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards. He is also a four-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English to French translation, receiving nods at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Andrew Forbes's The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays, at the 2020 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Dawn Dumont's Nobody Cries at Bingo, at the 2021 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Dumont's Rose's Run, and at the 2024 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Harold R. Johnson's Charlie Muskrat.

Originally from Brossard, he currently resides in Quebec City.

Works

References

  1. ^ "Daniel Grenier: la conquête de l’Amérique". Le Devoir, September 12, 2015.
  2. "Prix littéraires du gouverneur général: les finalistes sont connus". Le Journal de Montréal, October 5, 2016.
  3. "Daniel Grenier: le temps des montagnes". La Presse, September 1, 2015.
  4. "Trois traductrices de l’Atlantique en lice pour un prix du gouverneur général". Ici Radio-Canada, May 6, 2021.
  5. Martin Nolibé, "Prix du Gouverneur général: une nomination posthume pour Serge Bouchard". Métro, October 14, 2021.
  6. Laila Maalouf, "Emmanuelle Pierrot et Léa Clermont-Dion parmi les finalistes". La Presse, October 8, 2024.


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