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'''Nicolas Dickner''' (born 1972 in [[Rivière-du-Loup]], [[Quebec]]) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his 2005 novel ''[[Nikolski (novel)|Nikolski]]'', which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated English editions.
'''Nicolas Dickner''' (born 1972 in [[Rivière-du-Loup]], [[Quebec]])<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2017-02-17|title=L'écrivain canadien Nicolas Dickner repousse les frontières|url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/culture/20170217-ecrivain-canadien-nicolas-dickner-repousse-frontieres-livres-litterature|access-date=2021-05-14|website=RFI|language=fr}}</ref> is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his 2005 novel ''[[Nikolski (novel)|Nikolski]]'', which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated English editions. His books have been translated into over 10 languages.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-04-11|title=Nicolas Dickner: à propos de la fin du monde|url=https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/nicolas-dickner-a-propos-de-la-fin-du-monde-47573aad2b3582bbaf1f17f68e539a4b|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Le Soleil|language=fr}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
Dickner studied at [[Université Laval|Laval University]], where he was inspired by a course on biblical literary history.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BÉDARD-FISET|first=Alexis|date=2016-03-07|title=SOIRÉE CONVIVIALE AVEC LES FINALISTES DU PRIX LITTÉRAIRE DES COLLÉGIENS|url=http://impactcampus.ca/arts-et-culture/soiree-conviviale-prix-litteraire-collegiens-2016/|access-date=2021-05-14}}</ref> He studied art and literature during his bachelor's degree, then went on to complete a master's degree in creative writing.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Nicolas Dickner|url=https://canada-culture.org/en/event/remise-du-prix-anne-hebert-2/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Canadian Cultural Centre – Paris|language=en-CA}}</ref> His master's work was published as the anthology ''L’Encyclopédie du petit cercle''.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Bernard|first=Michèle|date=2016|title=Nicolas Dickner entre passion et obsession|url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/nb/2016-n142-nb02471/81357ac/|journal=Nuit blanche, magazine littéraire|language=fr|issue=142|pages=13–16|issn=0823-2490}}</ref>
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In 2017, Dickner completed a master's at the [[Université de Montréal]] on public sector data and its applications.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dickner|first=Nicolas|date=2017|title=Comprendre et manipuler les données ouvertes de l'administration publique : la situation au Gouvernement du Québec et à la Ville de Montréal|url=https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/19271|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-14|website=umontreal.ca}}</ref>


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In 2017, Dickner completed a master's at the [[Université de Montréal]] on public sector data and its applications.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dickner|first=Nicolas|date=2017|title=Comprendre et manipuler les données ouvertes de l'administration publique : la situation au Gouvernement du Québec et à la Ville de Montréal|url=https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/19271|access-date=2021-05-14|website=umontreal.ca}}</ref>
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== Writing ==
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His first novel, ''[[Nikolski (novel)|Nikolski]]'', was released in 2005 and became an instant success in Quebec.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lapointe|first=Josée|date=2015-03-20|title=Nicolas Dickner: le roman du conteneur|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/entrevues/201503/20/01-4853953-nicolas-dickner-le-roman-du-conteneur.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-14|website=lapresse.ca}}</ref>


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== Career ==
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He is published by the [[Quebec City]]-based publisher Éditions Alto, a small press founded by Antoine Tanguay who Dickner met in university.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beattie|first=Steven W.|date=2017-08-30|title=How young Quebec publishers are taking risks and finding new readers|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/how-young-quebec-publishers-are-taking-risks-and-finding-new-readers/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-14|website=quillandquire.com}}</ref>
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His first novel, ''[[Nikolski (novel)|Nikolski]]'', was released in 2005 and became an instant success in Quebec.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lapointe|first=Josée|date=2015-03-20|title=Nicolas Dickner: le roman du conteneur|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/entrevues/201503/20/01-4853953-nicolas-dickner-le-roman-du-conteneur.php|access-date=2021-05-14|website=lapresse.ca}}</ref> It marked a new wave of Quebec literature with appeal to an international audience and fresh ideas no longer drawing comparisons to other twentieth-century French-Canadian works.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCambridge|first=Peter|date=2018-09-21|title=New Frontiers of Canadian Publishing in Québec|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/78097-new-frontiers-of-canadian-publishing-in-qu-bec.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref>

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He is published by the [[Quebec City]]-based publisher Éditions Alto, a small press founded by Antoine Tanguay who Dickner met in university.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beattie|first=Steven W.|date=2017-08-30|title=How young Quebec publishers are taking risks and finding new readers|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/how-young-quebec-publishers-are-taking-risks-and-finding-new-readers/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=quillandquire.com}}</ref>


In 2014, Dickner and [[Dominique Fortier]] published ''Révolutions'', a collaborative project for which they each wrote a short piece each day for a year based on a word chosen from the [[French Republican Calendar]].<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/418871/un-mot-un-jour "Un mot, un jour"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', September 20, 2014.</ref>
In 2014, Dickner and [[Dominique Fortier]] published ''Révolutions'', a collaborative project for which they each wrote a short piece each day for a year based on a word chosen from the [[French Republican Calendar]].<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/418871/un-mot-un-jour "Un mot, un jour"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', September 20, 2014.</ref>


He currently lives in [[Montreal]], where he is a literary columnist for the [[alternative weekly]] newspaper ''[[Voir]]''.<ref name="cbc">[http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/book-nikolski.html Canada Reads: ''Nikolski'']. [[cbc.ca]].</ref> He also works in translation.<ref name=":0" />
He currently lives in [[Montreal]] with his family, where he is a literary columnist for the [[alternative weekly]] newspaper ''[[Voir]]''.<ref name="cbc">[http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/book-nikolski.html Canada Reads: ''Nikolski'']. [[cbc.ca]].</ref> He also works in translation<ref name=":0" /> In 2015 he finished a translation of [[Andrew Kaufman]]'s ''Born Weird''.<ref name=":3"/> Dickner has travelled throughout Latin America and Europe.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Six degrés de liberté» de Nicolas Dickner: un défi à la gravité|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/434328/six-degres-de-liberte-de-nicolas-dickner-un-defi-a-la-gravite|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Le Devoir|language=fr}}</ref> He wrote in [[Bamberg]] for a period of time.<ref name=":4" />

He has spent time as webmaster for the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) and as a database programmer in Peru.<ref name=":5" />


==Works==
==Works==
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::English translation by [[Lazer Lederhendler]] published 2008.<ref name=cbc />
::English translation by [[Lazer Lederhendler]] published 2008.<ref name=cbc />
* ''Traité de balistique'', 2006
* ''Traité de balistique'', 2006
::Written under the pen name Alexandre Bourbaki in collaboration with Bernard Wright-Laflamme.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Université de Montréal - Journal Forum - 12 mars 2007 - Pour Nicolas Dickner, c'est en écrivant qu'on devient écrivain|url=http://www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/2006-2007/20070312/francais_2.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.iforum.umontreal.ca}}</ref>
* ''Tarmac'', 2009
* ''Tarmac'', 2009
::''Apocalypse for Beginners'', English translation by Lazer Lederhendler published 2010.<ref>[http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11066 M&S acquires new Terry Fallis and first book by Dr. Samantha Nutt]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', December 17, 2009.</ref>
::''Apocalypse for Beginners'', English translation by Lazer Lederhendler published 2010.<ref>[http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11066 M&S acquires new Terry Fallis and first book by Dr. Samantha Nutt]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', December 17, 2009.</ref>
* ''Le Romancier portatif : 52 chroniques à emporter'', 2011
* ''Le Romancier portatif : 52 chroniques à emporter'', 2011
::A selection from Dickner's column in ''[[Voir]]''
::A selection from Dickner's column in ''[[Voir]].''<ref name=":5" />
* ''Révolutions'', 2014
* ''Révolutions'', 2014
* ''Six degrés de liberté'', 2015
* ''Six degrés de liberté'', 2015 (''Six Degrees of Freedom'', english translation by Lazer Lederhendler, Vintage Canada, 2017).


== Themes ==
== Themes ==
Dickner's books often feature characters with peculiar obsessions, like the end of the world in ''Tarmac'', or shipping containers in ''Six degrés de liberté''. He also introduces "geeky" references and features computer technology in ''Nikolski'' and ''Six degrés de liberté.''<ref name=":0" />
Dickner's books often feature characters with peculiar fixations, like the end of the world in ''Tarmac'', or shipping containers in ''Six degrés de liberté''. He also introduces "geeky" references and features computer technology in ''Nikolski'' and ''Six degrés de liberté.''<ref name=":0" /> His prose has a sense of "absurdist poetry"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rüf|first=Isabelle|date=2017-02-03|title=La mélancolie des conteneurs|newspaper=Le Temps|url=https://www.letemps.ch/culture/melancolie-conteneurs-0|access-date=2021-05-14}}</ref> through his use of lists and technical asides.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leger|first=Isabelle|date=2015-04-21|title=Six degrés de liberté» de Nicolas Dickner, En finir avec la géographie|url=https://labibleurbaine.com/litterature/six-degres-de-liberte-de-nicolas-dickner/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=labibleurbaine.com}}</ref> More than one of his characters becomes fascinated with consumer waste and either researching or reusing refuse. Travel and wanderlust are recurring topics throughout his works,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2011-01-25|title=Apocalypse for Beginners|url=https://quillandquire.com/review/apocalypse-for-beginners/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Quill and Quire|language=en}}</ref> as is loneliness.<ref name=":3" />

Dickner uses fragmented stories and alternating perspectives to build up the narrative in his novels.<ref name=":1" />


==Awards==
==Awards==
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* ''Nikolski''
* ''Nikolski''
# 2006 - Prix des libraires
# 2006 - Prix des libraires
# 2006 - Prix littéraire des collégiens
# 2006 - [[Prix littéraire des collégiens]]
# 2006 - [[Prix Anne-Hébert]]
# 2006 - [[Prix Anne-Hébert]]
# 2006 - Prix Printemps des Lecteurs–Lavinal
# 2006 - Prix Printemps des Lecteurs–Lavinal
# 2008 - [[Governor General's Award for French to English translation]]
# 2008 - [[Governor General's Award for French to English translation]]
# 2010 - Winner of ''[[Canada Reads]]'' 2010<ref>{{Cite web|last=CBC Books|date=2019-03-22|title=20 facts you might not know about Canada Reads|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/20-facts-you-might-not-know-about-canada-reads-1.5066796|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-14|website=cbc.ca}}</ref>
# 2010 - Winner of ''[[Canada Reads]]'' 2010<ref>{{Cite web|last=CBC Books|date=2019-03-22|title=20 facts you might not know about Canada Reads|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/20-facts-you-might-not-know-about-canada-reads-1.5066796|access-date=2021-05-14|website=cbc.ca}}</ref>
* ''Six degrés de liberté''
* ''Six degrés de liberté''
#2015 - [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award for Fiction (French)]]
#2015 - [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award for Fiction (French)]]
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Nicolas Dickner
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
LanguageFrench
NationalityCanadian
Genrenovels, short stories
Notable worksNikolski

Nicolas Dickner (born 1972 in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his 2005 novel Nikolski, which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated English editions. His books have been translated into over 10 languages.[2]

Education[edit]

Dickner studied at Laval University, where he was inspired by a course on biblical literary history.[3] He studied art and literature during his bachelor's degree, then went on to complete a master's degree in creative writing.[4] His master's work was published as the anthology L’Encyclopédie du petit cercle.[5]

In 2017, Dickner completed a master's at the Université de Montréal on public sector data and its applications.[6]

Career[edit]

His first novel, Nikolski, was released in 2005 and became an instant success in Quebec.[7] It marked a new wave of Quebec literature with appeal to an international audience and fresh ideas no longer drawing comparisons to other twentieth-century French-Canadian works.[8]

He is published by the Quebec City-based publisher Éditions Alto, a small press founded by Antoine Tanguay who Dickner met in university.[9]

In 2014, Dickner and Dominique Fortier published Révolutions, a collaborative project for which they each wrote a short piece each day for a year based on a word chosen from the French Republican Calendar.[10]

He currently lives in Montreal with his family, where he is a literary columnist for the alternative weekly newspaper Voir.[11] He also works in translation[7] In 2015 he finished a translation of Andrew Kaufman's Born Weird.[12] Dickner has travelled throughout Latin America and Europe.[1][12] He wrote in Bamberg for a period of time.[4]

He has spent time as webmaster for the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) and as a database programmer in Peru.[5]

Works[edit]

  • L'Encyclopédie du petit cercle, 2000
  • Nikolski, 2005
English translation by Lazer Lederhendler published 2008.[11]
  • Traité de balistique, 2006
Written under the pen name Alexandre Bourbaki in collaboration with Bernard Wright-Laflamme.[13]
  • Tarmac, 2009
Apocalypse for Beginners, English translation by Lazer Lederhendler published 2010.[14]
  • Le Romancier portatif : 52 chroniques à emporter, 2011
A selection from Dickner's column in Voir.[5]
  • Révolutions, 2014
  • Six degrés de liberté, 2015 (Six Degrees of Freedom, english translation by Lazer Lederhendler, Vintage Canada, 2017).

Themes[edit]

Dickner's books often feature characters with peculiar fixations, like the end of the world in Tarmac, or shipping containers in Six degrés de liberté. He also introduces "geeky" references and features computer technology in Nikolski and Six degrés de liberté.[7] His prose has a sense of "absurdist poetry"[15] through his use of lists and technical asides.[16] More than one of his characters becomes fascinated with consumer waste and either researching or reusing refuse. Travel and wanderlust are recurring topics throughout his works,[17] as is loneliness.[12]

Dickner uses fragmented stories and alternating perspectives to build up the narrative in his novels.[17]

Awards[edit]

Dickner at a 2010 reading
  • L'encyclopédie du petit cercle
  1. 2001 - Prix littéraire Adrienne-Choquette
  2. 2001 - Prix Jovette-Bernier
  • Nikolski
  1. 2006 - Prix des libraires
  2. 2006 - Prix littéraire des collégiens
  3. 2006 - Prix Anne-Hébert
  4. 2006 - Prix Printemps des Lecteurs–Lavinal
  5. 2008 - Governor General's Award for French to English translation
  6. 2010 - Winner of Canada Reads 2010[18]
  • Six degrés de liberté
  1. 2015 - Governor General's Award for Fiction (French)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "L'écrivain canadien Nicolas Dickner repousse les frontières". RFI (in French). 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ^ "Nicolas Dickner: à propos de la fin du monde". Le Soleil (in French). 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ BÉDARD-FISET, Alexis (2016-03-07). "SOIRÉE CONVIVIALE AVEC LES FINALISTES DU PRIX LITTÉRAIRE DES COLLÉGIENS". Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. ^ a b "Nicolas Dickner". Canadian Cultural Centre – Paris. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. ^ a b c Bernard, Michèle (2016). "Nicolas Dickner entre passion et obsession". Nuit blanche, magazine littéraire (in French) (142): 13–16. ISSN 0823-2490.
  6. ^ Dickner, Nicolas (2017). "Comprendre et manipuler les données ouvertes de l'administration publique : la situation au Gouvernement du Québec et à la Ville de Montréal". umontreal.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  7. ^ a b c Lapointe, Josée (2015-03-20). "Nicolas Dickner: le roman du conteneur". lapresse.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  8. ^ McCambridge, Peter (2018-09-21). "New Frontiers of Canadian Publishing in Québec". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  9. ^ Beattie, Steven W. (2017-08-30). "How young Quebec publishers are taking risks and finding new readers". quillandquire.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  10. ^ "Un mot, un jour". Le Devoir, September 20, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Canada Reads: Nikolski. cbc.ca.
  12. ^ a b c "Six degrés de liberté» de Nicolas Dickner: un défi à la gravité". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  13. ^ "Université de Montréal - Journal Forum - 12 mars 2007 - Pour Nicolas Dickner, c'est en écrivant qu'on devient écrivain". www.iforum.umontreal.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  14. ^ M&S acquires new Terry Fallis and first book by Dr. Samantha Nutt. Quill & Quire, December 17, 2009.
  15. ^ Rüf, Isabelle (2017-02-03). "La mélancolie des conteneurs". Le Temps. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  16. ^ Leger, Isabelle (2015-04-21). "Six degrés de liberté» de Nicolas Dickner, En finir avec la géographie". labibleurbaine.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  17. ^ a b "Apocalypse for Beginners". Quill and Quire. 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  18. ^ CBC Books (2019-03-22). "20 facts you might not know about Canada Reads". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.

External links[edit]

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