Kevin Lambert
Kevin Lambert | |
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 Lambert in 2018 | |
| Born | 1992 Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | French |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Years active | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué, Querelle de Roberval |
Kevin Lambert (born 1992) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his novel Querelle de Roberval, which won the Prix Ringuet in 2019.[2]
Originally from the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Lambert moved to Montreal in his late teens to study literature at the Université de Montréal.[1] He published his debut novel Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué in 2017,[3] and followed up with Querelle de Roberval in 2018.[4] In addition to the Prix Ringuet, Querelle de Roberval won the Prix Sade[5] and the Prix Œuvre de la relève à Montréal,[6] and was shortlisted for the Prix littéraire des collégiens.[7]
Biblioasis has published English translations of both of his novels, with You Will Love What You Have Killed published in 2020,[1] and Querelle of Roberval released in 2022.[8] The translated version of Querelle of Roberval was a finalist for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,[9] and won the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction.[10]
Lambert is out as gay.[11] Querelle de Roberval is partially based on Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest (Querelle de Brest).[12]
He published his third novel, Que notre joie demeure, in 2022.[13] The novel was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 Prix Goncourt.[14] Following the nomination, the novel sparked some controversy in France because Lambert was open about having had the novel vetted by a sensitivity reader prior to publication as it featured a key character of Haitian descent, with previous Goncourt winner Nicolas Mathieu criticizing the practice as stifling to a writer's creative liberty.[15] The novel was subsequently named the winner of the Prix Médicis[16] and the Prix Ringuet.[17]
May Our Joy Endure, an English translation of Que notre joie demeure, was published in fall 2024,[18] around the same time as the publication of Lambert's fourth novel Les Sentiers de neige.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Christopher DiRaddo, "A thrilling debut novel takes revenge on smalltown homophobia". Xtra!, September 28, 2020.
- ^ Nathalie Collard, "Kevin Lambert et Rachel Graton récompensés par l’Académie des lettres du Québec". La Presse, November 21, 2019.
- ^ Dominic Tardif, "Pour en finir avec Chicoutimi". Le Devoir, April 8, 2017.
- ^ Chantal Guy, "Querelle de Roberval: le goût du meurtre". La Presse, September 26, 2018.
- ^ "Kevin Lambert remporte le prix Sade en France". Ici Radio-Canada Première, September 27, 2019.
- ^ "Kevin Lambert primé pour son roman «Querelle de Roberval»". Le Journal de Montréal, May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Prix littéraire : les collégiens choisissent Ce qu’on respire sur Tatouine". Ici Radio-Canada, April 12, 2019.
- ^ Ian McGillis, "Querelle of Roberval a homage to the works of Jean Genet". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2022.
- ^ "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022.
- ^ "2023 ReLit Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire, October 2, 2023.
- ^ Samuel Larochelle, "Kevin Lambert met le feu au Lac-Saint-Jean". Fugues, October 22, 2018.
- ^ Dominic Tardif, "Les nouveaux mâles de la littérature québécoise". Le Devoir, September 29, 2018.
- ^ "Que notre joie demeure, de Kevin Lambert : incursion chez les classes dominantes". Ici Radio-Canada, September 7, 2022.
- ^ Vicky Fragasso-Marquis, "Quebec author Kevin Lambert in contention for prestigious Prix Goncourt award". CBC News, September 5, 2023.
- ^ Thomas Macdonald, "Quebec author at heart of controversy in France over 'sensitivity reading'". Toronto Star, September 25, 2023.
- ^ Chantal Guy, "Notre joie récompensée". La Presse, November 9, 2023.
- ^ Mickaël Meunier, "Kevin Lambert lauréat du prix Ringuet pour son livre Que notre joie demeure". Le Soleil, October 19, 2023.
- ^ Ben Sigurdson, "A thrilling look ahead: Fall books season promises another full slate of engaging fiction and non-fiction". Winnipeg Free Press, August 3, 2024.
- ^ Samuel Larochelle, "Le roman du trauma de Kev Lambert". Fugues, October 5, 2024.
| International | |
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| National | |
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian male novelists
- Canadian novelists in French
- Canadian gay writers
- Canadian LGBTQ novelists
- Writers from Saguenay, Quebec
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Gay novelists
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- Prix Médicis winners