Christophe Bernard (born 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec."Christophe Bernard: un exploit littéraire!". La Presse, November 21, 2017. He is most noted for his novel La bête creuse, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards."Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général: les finalistes dévoilés". La Presse, October 3, 2018.
In addition to his writing, he works as a translator for the publishing house Le Quartanier."Un premier roman magistral de Christophe Bernard". Le Devoir, October 14, 2017. At the 2016 Governor General's Awards, he was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English to French translation for his translation of Yann Martel's novel The High Mountains of Portugal.
He was one of the winners, alongside Mishka Lavigne, of the Prix Québec-Ontario from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2017, for La bête creuse.François Bergeron, "Claude Guilmain, Mishka Lavigne et Christophe Bernard primés". L'Express, November 30, 2017.
Born in Maria, Quebec and raised in Rimouski, he currently lives in Vermont.
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