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FRENCH-LANGUAGE JURY
Prix littéraire Trillium
FRENCH LANGUAGE JURY FOR TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD AND TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS
The author of four poetry collections (Tatouages et testaments, Poils lisses, Miroir sans teint et Conjugaison des leurres) and a contributor to two other collections, Tina Charlebois takes on both the challenges of writing and daily life. After a collection written with her father, she contributed to the anthology Tenir tête – poèmes de la résistance. Winner of a Prix littéraire Le Droit in 2007 and 2015 and the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in 2007, she decided to explore the autofiction genre for her Master’s degree in literary creation at the University of Ottawa, which she received in December of 2019. Her collections have been the subject of scientific articles and musical adaptations, and she has been invited to the prestigious Festival international de poésie in Trois-Rivières twice. When she can, Tina participates in roundtables, lectures, juries and literary videos. She teaches French at a high school in Cornwall.
Blaise Ndala is the author of three novels: J’irai danser sur la tombe de Senghor (L’Interligne, 2014, and Vents d’ailleurs, 2019), Sans capote ni Kalachnikov (Mémoire d’encrier, 2017) and Dans le ventre du Congo (Seuil and Mémoire d’encrier, 2021). He is also a lawyer and literary columnist who lives in Ottawa.
Paul Ruban is an author, screenwriter and literary translator. His debut collection of short stories, Crevaison en corbillard (Flammarion Québec), was awarded the 2020 Trillium Book Award.
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