Lise Tremblay (born 13 June 1957) is a French Canadian novelist.
Tremblay was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her first awards were presented at the Saguenay-Lac. St Jean book festival for her 1990 debut novel L'hiver de pluie. Her 1999 novel, La danse juive won that year's Governor General's Award for fiction.
In recent years, she has been teaching literature in Montreal at Cégep du Vieux Montréal.
Awards and recognition 1999: fiction winner, Governor General's Award, La danse juive 2003: Grand prix du livre de Montréal , La héronnière 2004: Prix des libraires du Québec , La héronnière 2004: Prix Jean-Hamelin , La héronnière
Bibliography L'hiver de pluie. Montreal: XYZ, 1990. La pêche blanche. Montreal: Leméac, 1994. La danse juive. Montreal: Leméac, 1999. (Mile End, trans. Gail Scott, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2002. ) La héronnière Montreal: Leméac, 2003. (The Hunting Ground, trans. Linda Gaboriau, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2006. ) La soeur de Judith. Montreal: Boréal, 2007. L'Habitude des bêtes, Montréal, Éditions du Boréal, 2017,
Further reading Robert Dion: L’émergence des formes de la «vie de banlieue» en région dans "La Sœur de Judith" de Lise Tremblay, in "Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien" ZKS, 68, Wißner, Augsburg 2018, pp 90 – 103 en ligne
References
External links UNEQ/l'ILE: Lise Tremblay, accessed 22 July 2006 Library and Archives Canada: 1999 Governor General's Award, accessed 22 July 2006