David Clerson (born 1978 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist from Quebec, who won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2014 for his debut novel Frères.[1] Brothers, the novel's English translation by Katia Grubisic, was published in November 2016 and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2017 Governor General's Awards.[2]
His second novel, En rampant, was published in 2016.[3]
His third book, Dormir sans tête was published in 2019[4] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal.[5] This short story collection was translated by Katia Grubisic under the title To See Out The Night.[6]
In 2023, he published the novel Mon fils ne revint que sept jours.[7] The novel was adapted by director Yan Giroux for the 2025 film My Son Came Back to Disappear.[8]
In 2024, he published the novel Les années désertées.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Le Grand Prix littéraire Archambault va à David Clerson". Le Devoir, February 5, 2014.
- ^ "Finalists named for 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2017.
- ^ "David Clerson expose un imaginaire complexe dans «En rampant»". Le Devoir, November 26, 2016.
- ^ "Dormir sans tête: Les voies inattendues de David Clerson". La Presse. March 2019.
- ^ "Voyez les cinq finalistes du Grand Prix du livre de Montréal". 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Bedtime stories for insomniacs: To See Out the Night by David Clerson". 7 October 2021.
- ^ Dominic Tardif, "Jamais sans mon fils". La Presse, February 12, 2023.
- ^ Alicia Bélanger-Bolduc, "Marie-France Marcotte tourne avec son ancien étudiant dans cette série". 7 Jours, January 16, 2025.
- ^ Tardif, Dominic (2024-03-09). "David Clerson: La lucidité des déserteurs". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2026-03-01.
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