Maxime Raymond Bock
Maxime Raymond Bock | |
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| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 2011–present |
| Notable works | Les noyades secondaires |
Maxime Raymond Bock (born 1981) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his 2017 short story collection Les noyades secondaires, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[2]
His debut short story collection Atavismes was published in 2011, and won the Prix Adrienne-Choquette in 2012.[3] He followed up with the novellas Rosemont de profil in 2013 and Des lames de pierre in 2015.[3] Both Atavismes and Des lames de pierre have been published in English translation, as Atavisms (2015)[4] and Baloney (2016).[5]
A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal, he is currently a doctoral student at the Université de Montréal.
References
[edit]- ^ "Le «plateau» Rosemont de Maxime Raymond Bock". La Presse, July 26, 2018.
- ^ "Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général: les finalistes dévoilés". La Presse, October 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "La poésie comme mode de vie, en vain". Le Devoir, April 25, 2015.
- ^ Pasha Malla, "Too Different and Too Familiar: The Challenge of French-Canadian Literature". The New Yorker, May 26, 2015.
- ^ "‘Baloney’ by Maxime Raymond Bock". The Winnipeg Review, December 12, 2016.
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian short story writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian male novelists
- Canadian male short story writers
- Canadian novelists in French
- Canadian short story writers in French
- Writers from Montreal
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Université du Québec à Montréal alumni