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Mireille Silcoff

ミレイユ・シルコフ

Mireiru Shirukofu

Pen Names: Mireille Silcott（Music journalism period in the 1990s）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1973-02-01 （Montreal）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English, French
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Montreal, Canada → Toronto, Canada

Career

Occupations
author, journalist, editor
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
National Post, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Haaretz, Guilt & Pleasure Quarterly
Nominations
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize longlist

Awards

Canadian Jewish Literary Award
2015
Work: Chez L'arabe
Category: Short Story Collection
Organization: Canadian Jewish Literary Awards
Result: winner
Danuta Gleed Award
2015
Work: Chez L'arabe
Category: Short Story
Organization: The Writers' Union of Canada
Result: second prize

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Chez L'arabe

2014 short story collection

Partially autobiographical short story collection describing her cloistered world of severe illness.

illnessJewish lifeisolation
Translations
  • French translation published by Marchand de feuilles in 2016

Rave America

1998 non-fiction

Book on rave and nightclub culture.

rave culturemusic

The Book of E

2000 non-fiction

Co-authored with Push (Christopher Dawes) on music topics.

musicclub culture

Health

  • chronic cerebrospinal fluid leak
    2006年以降
    Resulted in years bedridden, stepping away from journalism, magazine work, and public appearances.

Legacy

Highly regarded in Canadian literature, with Chez L'arabe winning awards and selected in best books lists.

In Popular Culture

  • Voted Canada's favourite short story collection of 2014 on CBC Canada Writes.

Trivia

  • Published two books under pen name Mireille Silcott.
  • Was a music journalist specializing in nightclub culture from age 19 to 24.