Sylvain Trudel

Sylvain Trudel (born 1963, Montreal) is a French-Canadian writer. His debut novel Le Souffle de l'harmattan appeared in 1986 and he has since published around half a dozen more works of adult fiction. His novel La Mer de la tranquillité won the 2007 Governor General's Prize. He is also a noted author of children's books, of which he has published more than a dozen.[1]

Selected works
  • La Mer de la tranquillité[2]
  • Du mercure sous la langue
  • Le Souffle de l'harmattan
  • Terre du roi Christian
  • Zara ou la Mer noire
  • Les Prophètes

Prizes
  • 1987 - Prix Molson du roman, Le Souffle de l'harmattan
  • 1988 - Prix Canada-Suisse, Le Souffle de l'harmattan
  • 1994 - Prix Edgar-Lespérance, Les Prophètes
  • 2002 - Prix littéraire intercollégial, Du mercure sous la langue
  • 2002 - Prix des libraires du Québec, Du mercure sous la langue
  • 2002 - Prix Christie, Pourquoi le monde est comme il est?
  • 2004 - Prix Saint Exupéry, catégorie francophonie à Paris, for his entire oeuvre
  • 2007 - Prix du Gouverneur général du Canada, La mer de la tranquillité

References
  1. "Sylvain Trudel, La mer de la tranquillité (Les Allusifs)". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. "Sylvain Trudel : revivre et réécrire". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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