Madeleine Monette
New York City
Born in Montreal, Madeleine Monette lives in New York City where she wrote her first novel, Le Double suspect (1980, Robert-Cliche Award). Four other novels followed: Petites Violences (1982), Amandes et melon (1991), La Femme furieuse (1997) and Les Rouleurs (2007). Since 1981, Madeleine Monette has been awarded grants by the Canada Council and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Short-listed for literary awards such as the Marguerite Yourcenar Award in the US, the Prix France-Québec Philippe-Rossillon in France, the prix Molson and Ringuet de l'Académie des lettres du Québec and the Prix Elle Québec, Madeleine Monette was writer in residence at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1993-1994. She was awarded the first grant from the Fonds Gabrielle-Roy in 1994, which allowed her to live in Roy's house on the St. Lawrence River. Many of her fictions were broadcasted on CBC Radio; others were published in collections of short stories and literary magazines such as Arcade, Trois, Ecrits du Canada français, Ecrits, Moebius, Québec français, Le Sabord, Possibles, Liberté, Nuit blanche, Tessera, Virages and XYZ (in Canada); Romance Languages Annual, Beacons, Americas’ Society Review (in the U.S.); Europe and Sud (in France). Since 1983 she has given lectures and readings in Canada, France, the West Indies, and throughout the United States. Many studies on Madeleine Monette’s work have been published in Québec and elsewhere, including a collective entitled Relectures de Madeleine Monette (Summa Publications, Alabama, 2000). Her first novel came out in English translation under the title Doubly Suspect in 2000. Madeleine Monette is a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Novels
Les Rouleurs, Hurtubise HMH, Coll. L’Arbre, Montréal, 2007, 457 p.
La Femme furieuse, l’Hexagone, Montréal, 1997, 336 p. Short-listed for the Marguerite Yourcenar Award, the Elle Québec Award, the Philippe-Rossillon France/Québec Award and the Académie des lettres du Québec-Ringuet Award.
Amandes et melon, l'Hexagone, Montreal, 1991. 466 p. Short-listed for the Académie des lettres du Québec-Ringuet Award and the Edgar-Lespérance Award. Mass market edition, Typo, Montreal, 1997, 585 p.
Petites Violences, Quinze, Montreal, 1982, 242 p. Mass market edition, Typo, Montreal, 1994, 241 p.
le Double Suspect, Quinze, Montreal, 1980, 241 p. Robert-Cliche Award. Mass market editions, les Quinze, Coll. 10/10, Montreal, 1988. 2nd mass market edition, Typo, Montreal, 1996, 228 p.
Doubly Suspect, transl. by Luise von Flotow, Guernica Editions, Toronto,144 p. 2000.
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