Gil Courtemanche

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Gil Courtemanche is a Canadian progressive journalist and novelist in third-world and international politics. He presently writes for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Courtemanche began his career at the sovereigntist and social democrat newspaper Le Jour. His first novel, Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali, was chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was defended by writer, environmentalist and activist Laure Waridel. Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali eventually won the contest. It was made into the movie Un dimanche à Kigali.

[edit] Bibliography

• Douces colères (1989)
• Trente artistes dans un train (1989)
• Chroniques internationales (1991)
• Québec (1998)
• Nouvelles douces colères (1999)
• Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali (2000) (translated into English as A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Patricia Claxton (2003))
• La Seconde Révolution tranquille - Démocratiser la démocratie (essay) (2003)
• Une belle mort (2005)

[edit] Awards and recognition

• Winner: Prix des Libraires, 2000
• Winner: National Magazine Award for Political Reporting, 1998
• Nominee 2003 - Governor General's Award (French to English translation)
• Nominee 2004 - Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

[edit] External links

• Author page at Random House
• Author page at Les Éditions du Boréal (in French)
• Gil Courtemanche at the Internet Movie Database