Dominique Fortier

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Dominique Fortier

Fortier is an acclaimed Quebecois writer. Her previous novels have been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Governor General's Literary Award. This marks her first work with a new translator and English-language publisher.Recent interest in French-Canadian translation: a 2015 New Yorker feature mentioned Coach House's translation program and And the Birds Rained Down being selected for CBC Canada Reads: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/too-different-and-too-familiar-the-challenge-of-french-canadian-literature)Selected by Quebec booksellers as a store pick in November 2015.Translator Rhonda Mullins received the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for her translation of Twenty-One Cardinals by Jocelyne Saucier. Her previous translation of Saucier's work, And the Birds Rained Down, was a 2015 CBC Canada Reads Selection.