Pascale Quiviger

Pascale Quiviger
In a 2026 interview
Born1969 (age 56–57)
OccupationsWriter, artist
SpouseAlan Simpson
AwardsGovernor General's Literary Award

Pascale Quiviger (born 1969) is a Canadian writer and artist. Raised and educated in Quebec, she is currently based in the United Kingdom, where she writes, paints, teaches visual arts and practices hypnotherapy. Quiviger is married to former British Labour MP Alan Simpson and lives in Nottingham.[1]

Quiviger published her first volume of short stories, Ni sols ni ciels (Instant même),[2] in 2001, and her first novel, Le Cercle parfait, in 2004. Le Cercle parfait won the 2004 Governor General's Award for French Fiction;[3] its English translation by Sheila Fischman, The Perfect Circle, was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[4] She followed this with an essay, Un point de chute, in 2006, and two novels, La Maison des temps rompus in 2008 and Pages à brûler in 2010. She is also the author of an artist book, Below Zero, published in 2005. In 2020, Lazer Lederhendler's English translation of Quiviger's novel If You Hear Me, won the Governor General's Literary Award.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Dominic (November 18, 2006). "Move over Cameron". The Guardian. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ Quiviger, Pascale (2001). "Ni Sols ni Ciels". Worldcat.org. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ Laurin, Danielle (May 15, 2015). "Entre la vie et la mort". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Past Giller Prize winners: 2006". CBC. September 18, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Here are the winners of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC. June 1, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2022.

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