Nadine Bismuth

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

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Nadine Bismuth (born July 15, 1975{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}) is a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec.Christian Desmeules, [https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/538885/nadine-bismuth-fidele-a-elle-meme "Nadine Bismuth, fidèle à elle-même"]. Le Devoir, October 13, 2018. She is most noted for her short story collection Êtes-vous mariée à un psychopathe?, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2009 Governor General's Awards,Kathryn Greenaway, "Governor General shortlists Siblin". Montreal Gazette, October 15, 2009. and her novel Un lien familial, which won the 2020 edition of Le Combat des livres.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1698887/combat-livres-2020-gagnante-nadine-bismuth "France D'Amour remporte le Combat national des livres 2020 avec Un lien familial"]. Ici Radio-Canada, May 8, 2020.

The novel was defended in Le Combat des livres by singer France D'Amour.

She is a graduate of McGill University.Rina Calabrese, "Move over, Michel: New breed of writers has moved on from rhetoric, language of the past". Montreal Gazette, February 24, 2001.

Works

=Novels=

::English translation by Susan Ouriou, 2009Candace Fertile, "Scrapbook, by Nadine Bismuth". The Globe and Mail, January 8, 2009.

  • Un lien familial, 2018Chantal Guy, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/entrevues/201810/16/01-5200474-nadine-bismuth-cuisiner-le-couple-a-petit-feu.php "Nadine Bismuth: cuisiner le couple à petit feu"]. La Presse, October 16, 2018.

::English translation A Family Affair by Russell Smith, 2020

= Short story collections =

  • Les gens fidèles ne font pas les nouvelles, 1999

::English translation Fidelity Doesn't Make the News by Susan Ouriou, 2008Peter Wuteh Vakunta, "Nadine Bismuth, Fidelity Doesn't Make the News". Translation Review, 79:1 (2010), 106-110, DOI: 10.1080/07374836.2010.10524154

  • Sédentaires, 2004
  • Êtes-vous mariée à un psychopathe ?, 2009

:: English translation Are You Married to a Psychopath by Donald Winkler, 2010Nathan Whitlock, "Some damning truths on modern relationships: Pondering desperation, deception, divorce, disappointment . . .". Toronto Star, April 3, 2011.

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