Aimee Wall
{{Short description|Canadian writer and translator}}
Aimee Wall is a Canadian writer and translator from Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador,Lucy Mann, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/aimee-wall-explores-care-for-women-by-women-and-rural-access-to-abortion-in-her-debut-novel-we-jane-1.6047578 "Aimee Wall explores care for women by women and rural access to abortion in her debut novel We, Jane"]. CBC Books, June 9, 2021. whose debut novel We, Jane was longlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize[https://www.cbc.ca/books/miriam-toews-omar-el-akkad-katherena-vermette-among-12-authors-longlisted-for-100k-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.6166969 "Miriam Toews, Omar El Akkad & Katherena Vermette among 12 authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize"]. CBC Books, September 8, 2021. and the 2022 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-10 |title=Retired bricklayer among six debut novelists vying for $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-retired-bricklayer-among-six-debut-novelists-vying-for-60000-prize/ |access-date=2023-01-31}} We, Jane was translated by Geneviève Robichaud and Danielle LeBlanc and published in French under the title Nous, Jane in October 2024.{{Cite web |title=Nous, Jane de Aimee Wall {{!}} Littérature {{!}} Roman canadien et étranger {{!}} leslibraires.ca {{!}} Acheter des livres papier et numériques en ligne |url=https://www.leslibraires.ca/livres/nous-jane-aimee-wall-9782896914418.html?srsltid=AfmBOoosXJaN1BPHZCYEKEjYOpyFQMGULSHFcJNJa_tOh8aTo6AGdmk9 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=leslibraires.ca |language=fr}}
She has translated works by Vickie Gendreau, Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard, Maude Veilleux and Alexie Morin. She received a Governor General's Award nomination for French to English translation at the 2024 Governor General's Awards for her translation of Clara Dupuis-Morency's Sadie X.Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/canisia-lubrin-danny-ramadan-among-2024-governor-generals-literary-award-finalists/ "Canisia Lubrin, Danny Ramadan among 2024 Governor General's Literary Award finalists"]. Quill & Quire, October 8, 2024.
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.aimeewall.com/}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:21st-century Canadian translators
Category:Canadian women novelists
Category:People from Grand Falls-Windsor
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Novelists from Newfoundland and Labrador
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