Mélissa Verreault (born 1983) is a Canadian writer and translator from Montreal, Quebec.[1] She is most noted as the winner of the Governor General's Award for English to French translation at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Partie de chasse au petit gibier entre lâches au club de tir du coin, her translation of Megan Gail Coles's novel Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club.[2]

Mélissa Verreault
Born1983
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupationnovelist, translator
Period2010s-present

Works

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Novels

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  • Voyage léger, 2011 — ISBN 978-2-923530-28-4
  • L'angoisse du poisson rouge, 2014 — ISBN 9782923530826, 9782923530895, 9782923530888
  • Les couleurs primaires 2016 — ISBN 9782278080946
  • Les voies de la disparition, 2016 — ISBN 9782924519288

Short story collections

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Josée Lapointe, "Mélissa Verreault: trouver le souffle". La Presse, September 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Laila Maalouf, "Alain Farah remporte le Prix du Gouverneur général". La Presse, November 16, 2022.