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Nicolas Dickner
Born1972
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
LanguageFrench
NationalityCanadian
Genrenovels, short stories
Notable worksNikolski

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, which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated English editions.

Biography

His first novel, Nikolski, was released in 2005 and became an instant success in Quebec.[1]

He is published by the Quebec City-based publisher Éditions Alto, a small press founded by Antoine Tanguay who Dickner met in university.[2]

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.[3]

He currently lives in Montreal, where he is a literary columnist for the alternative weekly newspaper Voir.[4] He also works in translation.[1]

Works

  • L'Encyclopédie du petit cercle, 2000
  • Nikolski, 2005
English translation by Lazer Lederhendler published 2008.[4]
  • Traité de balistique, 2006
  • Tarmac, 2009
Apocalypse for Beginners, English translation by Lazer Lederhendler published 2010.[5]
  • Le Romancier portatif : 52 chroniques à emporter, 2011
A selection from Dickner's column in Voir
  • Révolutions, 2014
  • Six degrés de liberté, 2015

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.[1]

Awards

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[6]
  • Six degrés de liberté
  1. 2015 - Governor General's Award for Fiction (French)

References

  1. ^ a b c Lapointe, Josée (2015-03-20). "Nicolas Dickner: le roman du conteneur". lapresse.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Beattie, Steven W. (2017-08-30). "How young Quebec publishers are taking risks and finding new readers". quillandquire.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Un mot, un jour". Le Devoir, September 20, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Canada Reads: Nikolski. cbc.ca.
  5. ^ M&S acquires new Terry Fallis and first book by Dr. Samantha Nutt. Quill & Quire, December 17, 2009.
  6. ^ CBC Books (2019-03-22). "20 facts you might not know about Canada Reads". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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