Catherine Leroux

Catherine Leroux

Catherine Leroux at the Salon du livre de Paris in 2014.
Born Rosemère, Quebec
Occupation Writer
Nationality Canadian
Period 2010s–present
Notable works Le mur mitoyen, Madame Victoria
Notable awards Prix littéraire France-Québec (2014)
Prix Adrienne-Choquette (2016)

Catherine Leroux (born 1979 in Rosemère, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist who writes usually in French.

Life

Leroux was born in Quebec in 1979 and she took philosophy as her degree. She was the Toronto correspondent of Radio Canada.[1] She is a shortlisted nominee for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize for The Party Wall, a translation by Lazer Lederhendler of her 2013 novel Le mur mitoyen.[2]

Leroux's first novel, La marche en forêt, was published in 2011[3] and was a finalist for the 2012 Prix des libraires du Québec. Le mur mitoyen followed in 2013,[4] and was a finalist for the 2013 Grand prix du livre de Montréal and won the Prix littéraire France-Québec in 2014.[5]

She published the short story collection Madame Victoria in 2015.[6] The book won the Prix Adrienne-Choquette in 2016.[7]

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