Perrine Leblanc | |
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![]() Perrine Leblanc, Canadian writer from Quebec. | |
Born | 1980 Montreal, Quebec |
Occupation | novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2010s-present |
Notable works | L'homme blanc |
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perrineleblanc |
Perrine Leblanc (born 1980 in Montreal) [1] is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Her debut novel L'homme blanc, published in 2010, won the 2010 Grand prix du livre de Montréal , [2] the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2011 Governor General's Awards, [3] and the 2011 edition of Le Combat des livres. [4]
Leblanc studied at the Université Laval and the Université de Montréal, and worked as an editor with Éditions Leméac in Montreal before publishing L'homme blanc. [2] Following the novel's commercial and award success, a revised edition was published in France in 2011 under the title Kolia. [2]
Her second novel, Malabourg, was published in 2014. [5]
Kolia, 2013, House of Anansi Press.
The Lake, 2015, House of Anansi Press.