Marie-Renée Lavoie
Marie-Renée Lavoie (born February 21, 1974, in Quebec City) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her 2010 novel La petite et le vieux, which won the 2012 edition of Le Combat des livres.[2]
Mister Roger and Me, an English translation of La petite et le vieux by Wayne Grady, was published in 2012.[3]
Her second novel, Autopsie d'une femme plate, was published in 2017,[4] and the English translation Autopsy of a Boring Wife followed in 2019.[5] A sequel novel, Diane demande un recomptage, was published in 2020,[6] with the English translation A Boring Wife Settles the Score released in 2021.[7]
Some Maintenance Required, an English translation of her 2018 novel Les chars meurent aussi, is slated for publication in 2022.[8]
La petite et le vieux was adapted by Patrice Sauvé into the 2024 film Blue Sky Jo.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Dominic Tardif, "Marie-Renée Lavoie vous veut du bien". Le Devoir, January 25, 2020.
- ^ Chantal Guy, "Combat des livres: victoire de La petite et le vieux de Marie-Renée Lavoie". La Presse, March 29, 2012.
- ^ Kendra Paré, "Lost in Translation". The Link, September 27, 2012.
- ^ Christian Desmeules, "Marie-Renée Lavoie au bord de la crise de nerf". Le Devoir, April 29, 2017.
- ^ Nancy Wigston, "Marie-Renée Lavoie is ‘Boring’ her way to the truth". Toronto Star, March 15, 2019.
- ^ Marie-France Bornais, "«Diane demande un recomptage» de Marie-Renée Lavoie: recommencer sa vie". Le Journal de Québec, February 2, 2020.
- ^ "A Boring Wife Settles the Score". CBC Books, January 22, 2021.
- ^ "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022". CBC Books, January 11, 2022.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "La Petite et le Vieux à Locarno". Films du Québec, July 25, 2024.
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