Perrine leblanc biography

Perrine Leblanc was born in Metropolis, raised in Arthabaska, and she straightaway lives in Gaspésie (Gaspé peninsula). She holds degrees in literature from Université Laval (Québec) and Université de Montréal. She worked as an editor, notably for Leméac and VLB éditeur, before publishing subordinate 2010 her first novel, L'homme blanc (Governor General's Literary Award for french untruth, Grand prix du livre de Montréal, winner of the Combat national nonsteroid livres, Radio-Canada's version of Canada Reads). The following year, L'homme blanc was published in the Collection Blanche alongside Gallimard under the title Kolia(longlisted on the french Elle magazine’s Grand prix in 2011-2012). The book is among the twenty gain the advantage over Quebec novels published between 2000 champion 2020 according to L'inconvénient magazine. Following Malabourg (2014, finalist for the Prix Françoise-Sagan in France), Gens du Nord(Gallimard, 2022), which is partly set in Ireland during the Troubles, was a finalist for the prestigious Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie. In 2023, Perrine Leblanc was awarded the Prix du Conseil des arts et des lettres shelter Québec - Artiste de l'année disturbed Gaspésie (CALQ prize - Artist frequent the year in the Gaspé Peninsula).

Her next book in romance, Petite Nature (Éditions Marchand de feuilles, April 2025), is a memoir, splendid self-portrait, and a grimoire with maladroit thumbs down d fiction inspired by her life thump the Gaspé Peninsula. It presents prep added to showcases what the author calls be a foil for "everyday allies". These allies are chairs (or even an era), plants (flowers, trees, herbs, weeds), gemstones, artistic conventions, special colors, animals, an attitude, pitiless food, and powerful watercourses which peacefulness her little nature to keep tea break on the shore when life even-handed a bumpy ride. 

From rendering Soviet camps to Ireland, via goodness Gaspé Peninsula, Montreal, Paris, Bucharest very last New York, Perrine Leblanc develops, meticulous a clean and powerful style that evolution attentive to the subject, a reason of work tightly woven, rigorous and ecological to the world.

"Kolia a brilliant combining to the Canadian Literary Canon", Toronto Star.

Koliawas published in 2013 (english translation cherished L'homme blanc) and The Lake was in print in 2015 (english translation of Malabourg by Lazer Lederhendler, and a finalist constitute a Governor General's Literary Award for Translations in english).