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Alain Farah

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Aran Farā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1979-01-01 （Montreal, Quebec）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
French
Residence History
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, professor of French literature
Active Years
2004-2024
Affiliations
McGill University
Nominations
Prix Émile-Nelligan 2004 shortlist (poetry collection Quelque chose se détache du port), Grand Prix du livre de Montreal 2013 shortlist (novel Pourquoi Bologne), Governor General's Award for French-language fiction 2014 shortlist (novel Pourquoi Bologne)

Awards

Governor General's Award
2022
Work: Mille secrets mille dangers
Category: French-language fiction
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pourquoi Bologne

2013 novel
Translations
  • Ravenscrag (English translation, 2015, trans. Lazer Lederhendler)

Mille secrets mille dangers

2021 novel
Adaptations
  • [film] Lovely Day / Philippe Falardeau (2024)

Quelque chose se détache du port

2004 poetry collection

Matamore no 29

2008 poetry

Bibliography

  • Quelque chose se détache du port (2004)
  • Matamore no 29 (2008)
  • Pourquoi Bologne (2013)
  • Mille secrets mille dangers (2021)

Adaptations

  • Poem "No. 4" adapted as short film Un Cri au bonheur (2007, dir. Paule Baillargeon)
  • Short drama Les fortifications de Vauban (2014, dir. Marie Brassard)
  • Film adaptation Lovely Day of novel Mille secrets mille dangers (2024, dir. Philippe Falardeau)

Translations of Works

  • English translation Ravenscrag of Pourquoi Bologne (2015, trans. Lazer Lederhendler)

Legacy

Canadian writer and academic of Lebanese descent born in Montreal, Quebec. Winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction. Professor of French literature at McGill University.

Trivia

  • Born in Montreal to Lebanese immigrant parents.