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Kevin Lambert

ケビン・ランバート

Kevin Lambert

Aliases: Kev Lambert

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1992 (Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada → Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
2017-2024
Influenced By
Jean Genet
Nominations
Prix littéraire des collégiens shortlist (2019, Querelle de Roberval), Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist (2022, Querelle of Roberval), Prix Goncourt longlist (2023, Que notre joie demeure)

Education

Université de Montréal
Literature
Period: 10代後半
Country: Canada

Awards

Prix Ringuet
2019
Work: Querelle de Roberval
Organization: Académie des lettres du Québec
Result: 受賞
Prix Sade
2019
Work: Querelle de Roberval
Result: 受賞
Prix Œuvre de la relève à Montréal
2020
Work: Querelle de Roberval
Result: 受賞
ReLit Award
2023
Work: Querelle of Roberval
Category: fiction
Result: 受賞
Prix Médicis
2023
Work: Que notre joie demeure
Result: 受賞
Prix Ringuet
2023
Work: Que notre joie demeure
Organization: Académie des lettres du Québec
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué

2017 novel

Debut novel taking revenge on smalltown homophobia.

homophobiaQuebec
Translations
  • You Will Love What You Have Killed (English, 2020, Biblioasis)

Querelle de Roberval

2018 novel

Novel partially based on Jean Genet's Querelle of Brest.

murdergayQuebec
Translations
  • Querelle of Roberval (English, 2022, Biblioasis)

Que notre joie demeure

2022 novel

Novel about upper classes, featuring Haitian character; use of sensitivity reader sparked controversy.

classimmigration
Translations
  • May Our Joy Endure (English, 2024)

Les Sentiers de neige

2024 novel

Legacy

Quebecois French-language writer known for innovative novels. Won Prix Médicis in 2023. Explores Quebec society from a gay perspective.

Trivia

  • Openly gay.
  • From Saguenay, Quebec.