Kev Lambert

{{Short description|Canadian writer from Quebec (born 1992)}}

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| alma_mater = Université de Montréal

| notable_works = Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué, Querelle de Roberval

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Kev Lambert (born 1992) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.Christopher DiRaddo, [https://www.dailyxtra.com/kevin-lambert-love-killed-181279 "A thrilling debut novel takes revenge on smalltown homophobia"]. Xtra!, September 28, 2020. He is most noted for his novel Querelle de Roberval, which won the Prix Ringuet in 2019.Nathalie Collard, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/2019-11-21/kevin-lambert-et-rachel-graton-recompenses-par-l-academie-des-lettres-du-quebec "Kevin Lambert et Rachel Graton récompensés par l’Académie des lettres du Québec"]. La Presse, November 21, 2019.

Originally from the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Lambert moved to Montreal in his late teens to study literature at the Université de Montréal. He published his debut novel Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué in 2017,Dominic Tardif, [https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/495768/fiction-quebecoise-pour-en-finir-avec-chicoutimi "Pour en finir avec Chicoutimi"]. Le Devoir, April 8, 2017. and followed up with Querelle de Roberval in 2018.Chantal Guy, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/critiques-de-livres/201809/26/01-5198069-querelle-de-roberval-le-gout-du-meurtre-.php "Querelle de Roberval: le goût du meurtre"]. La Presse, September 26, 2018. In addition to the Prix Ringuet, Querelle de Roberval won the Prix Sade[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/style-libre/segments/entrevue/135949/litterature-querelle-roberval-kevin-lambert-livre-salon "Kevin Lambert remporte le prix Sade en France"]. Ici Radio-Canada Première, September 27, 2019. and the Prix Œuvre de la relève à Montréal,[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/05/28/kevin-lambert-prime-pour-son-roman-querelle-de-roberval "Kevin Lambert primé pour son roman «Querelle de Roberval»"]. Le Journal de Montréal, May 28, 2020. and was shortlisted for the Prix littéraire des collégiens.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1163982/prix-litteraire-collegiens-tatouin-jean-christophe-rehel "Prix littéraire : les collégiens choisissent Ce qu’on respire sur Tatouine"]. Ici Radio-Canada, April 12, 2019.

Biblioasis has published English translations of both of his novels, with You Will Love What You Have Killed published in 2020, and Querelle of Roberval released in 2022.Ian McGillis, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/reviews/article-querelle-of-roberval-a-homage-to-the-works-of-jean-genet/ "Querelle of Roberval a homage to the works of Jean Genet"]. The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2022. The translated version of Querelle of Roberval was a finalist for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-two-translated-titles-among-finalists-for-60000-atwood-gibson-writers/ "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize"]. The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022. and won the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction.[https://quillandquire.com/omni/2023-relit-awards-winners-announced/ "2023 ReLit Awards winners announced"]. Quill & Quire, October 2, 2023.

Lambert is openly gay.Samuel Larochelle, [https://www.fugues.com/252526-article-kevin-lambert-met-le-feu-au-lac-saint-jean.html "Kevin Lambert met le feu au Lac-Saint-Jean"]. Fugues, October 22, 2018. Querelle de Roberval is partially based on Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest (Querelle de Brest).Dominic Tardif, [https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/537851/les-nouveaux-males-de-la-litterature-quebecoise "Les nouveaux mâles de la littérature québécoise"]. Le Devoir, September 29, 2018.

He published his third novel, Que notre joie demeure, in 2022.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/il-restera-toujours-culture/segments/entrevue/413691/kevin-lambert-que-notre-joie-demeure "Que notre joie demeure, de Kevin Lambert : incursion chez les classes dominantes"]. Ici Radio-Canada, September 7, 2022. The novel was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 Prix Goncourt.Vicky Fragasso-Marquis, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-author-kevin-lambert-goncourt-nominee-1.6957474 "Quebec author Kevin Lambert in contention for prestigious Prix Goncourt award"]. CBC News, September 5, 2023. Following the nomination, the novel sparked some controversy in France because Lambert was open about having had the novel vetted by a sensitivity reader prior to publication as it featured a key character of Haitian descent, with previous Goncourt winner Nicolas Mathieu criticizing the practice as stifling to a writer's creative liberty.Thomas Macdonald, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/quebec-author-at-heart-of-controversy-in-france-over-sensitivity-reading/article_8568a96c-c23e-5606-a1a8-73abce6ce3f0.html "Quebec author at heart of controversy in France over 'sensitivity reading'"]. Toronto Star, September 25, 2023. The novel was subsequently named the winner of the Prix MédicisChantal Guy, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/chroniques/2023-11-09/le-medicis-decerne-a-kevin-lambert/notre-joie-recompensee.php "Notre joie récompensée"]. La Presse, November 9, 2023. and the Prix Ringuet.Mickaël Meunier, [https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/2023/10/19/kevin-lambert-laureat-du-prix-ringuet-pour-son-livre-emque-notre-joie-demeureem-DKJRXA7GBFFRXD455KJEBRJCFY/ "Kevin Lambert lauréat du prix Ringuet pour son livre Que notre joie demeure"]. Le Soleil, October 19, 2023.

May Our Joy Endure, an English translation of Que notre joie demeure, was published in fall 2024,Ben Sigurdson, [https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/08/03/a-thrilling-look-ahead "A thrilling look ahead: Fall books season promises another full slate of engaging fiction and non-fiction"]. Winnipeg Free Press, August 3, 2024. around the same time as the publication of Lambert's fourth novel Les Sentiers de neige.Samuel Larochelle, [https://www.fugues.com/2024/10/05/le-roman-du-trauma-de-kev-lambert/ "Le roman du trauma de Kev Lambert"]. Fugues, October 5, 2024.