Prix Anne-Hébert
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2006) Winner
Nicolas Dickner
ニコラス・ディックナー
Nikorasu Dikunā
Pen Names:
Alexandre Bourbaki（Used for co-writing Traité de balistique）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1972 （Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Rivière-du-Loup → Quebec City → Bamberg → Peru → Montreal
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, translator, literary columnist, webmaster, database programmer
- Active Years
- 2000-2025
- Affiliations
- Éditions Alto, Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Université Laval | — | art and literature | bachelor's; master's in creative writing | — | Canada |
| Université de Montréal | — | public sector data | master's | — | Canada |
Université Laval
art and literature
Degree:
bachelor's; master's in creative writing
Country:
Canada
Inspired by a course on biblical literary history
Université de Montréal
public sector data
Degree:
master's
Year of Graduation:
2017
Country:
Canada
On public sector data and its applications
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Prix littéraire Adrienne-Choquette | L'Encyclopédie du petit cercle | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Prix Jovette-Bernier | L'Encyclopédie du petit cercle | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Prix des libraires | Nikolski | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Prix littéraire des collégiens | Nikolski | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Prix Anne-Hébert | Nikolski | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Prix Printemps des Lecteurs–LAVINAL | Nikolski | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Governor General's Award for French to English translation | Nikolski (English translation) | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Canada Reads | Nikolski | — | CBC | 優勝 |
| 2015 | Governor General's Award for Fiction (French) | Six Degrees of Freedom | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix littéraire Adrienne-Choquette
2001
Work:
L'Encyclopédie du petit cercle
Result:
受賞
Prix Jovette-Bernier
2001
Work:
L'Encyclopédie du petit cercle
Result:
受賞
Prix des libraires
2006
Work:
Nikolski
Result:
受賞
Prix littéraire des collégiens
2006
Work:
Nikolski
Result:
受賞
Prix Anne-Hébert
2006
Work:
Nikolski
Result:
受賞
Prix Printemps des Lecteurs–LAVINAL
2006
Work:
Nikolski
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Award for French to English translation
2008
Work:
Nikolski (English translation)
Result:
受賞
Canada Reads
2010
Work:
Nikolski
Organization:
CBC
Result:
優勝
Governor General's Award for Fiction (French)
2015
Work:
Six Degrees of Freedom
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nikolski
2005 novelStory of three young people whose fates intertwine around Nikolski.
driftinglonelinessbookssea
Translations
- English (trans. Lazer Lederhendler, 2008)
Tarmac
2009 novelCharacters obsessed with the end of the world.
apocalypsewaste
Translations
- English: Apocalypse for Beginners (2010)
Six Degrees of Freedom
2015 novelPeople fascinated by shipping containers.
containerstechnologydrifting
Translations
- English (trans. Lazer Lederhendler, 2017)
Bibliography
- L'Encyclopédie du petit cercle (2000)
- Nikolski (2005)
- Traité de balistique (2006)
- Tarmac (2009)
- Le Romancier portatif (2011)
- Révolutions (2014)
- Six Degrees of Freedom (2015)
Translations by Author
- Born Weird by Andrew Kaufman (2015)
Translations of Works
- Over 10 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- absurdist poetryuse of liststechnical asides
- Recurring Motifs
- peculiar fixationsend of the worldshipping containersgeeky referencescomputer technologyconsumer wastetravelwanderlustloneliness
Legacy
Represents a new wave of Quebec literature with international appeal.
Trivia
- Travelled extensively in Latin America and Europe.
- Published by Éditions Alto.