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Sergio Kokis

セルジオ・コキス

Serujio Kokisu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1944-05-06 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Nationality
カナダ
Languages
French, Portuguese
Residence History
Brazil → Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer, Clinical psychologist
Active Years
1994-
Nominations
Nominee for 2004 Governor General's Award for French-language fiction (Les amants d'Alfama), Nominee for 2013 Governor General's Award for French-language fiction (Culs-de-sac)

Education

Philosophy and psychology
Country: Brazil
Studied philosophy and psychology in Brazil
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Art and Design
Country: Canada
Studied after moving to Quebec

Awards

Prix Ringuet
1994
Work: Le Pavillon des miroirs
Organization: Académie des lettres du Québec
Result: 受賞
Prix Québec-Paris
1994
Work: Le Pavillon des miroirs
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Pavillon des miroirs

1994 Novel

Les amants d'Alfama

2003 Novel

Culs-de-sac

2013 Novel

Bibliography

  • Le Pavillon des miroirs
  • Negão et Doralice
  • Errances
  • L'Art du maquillage
  • Un Sourire blindé
  • La Danse macabre du Québec
  • Le Maître de jeu
  • Saltimbanques
  • Kaléidoscope brisé
  • Le Magicien
  • Les Amants de l'Alfama
  • L'Amour du lointain
  • La Gare
  • Le Fou de Bosch
  • Le Retour de Lorenzo Sanchez
  • Dissimulations
  • Clandestino
  • Amerika
  • Culs-de-sac
  • Makarius
  • Le Sortilège des Chemins
  • L’Innocent
  • Le Déssinateur

Legacy

Brazilian-born Quebec writer known for French-language fiction, twice nominated for the Governor General's Award and winner of several prizes.

Trivia

  • Fled Brazil after the 1964 coup d'état, moved to Quebec in 1969.
  • Retired from psychology in 1997 to focus on writing and painting.