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Geneviève Pettersen

Geneviève Pettersen

Canadian writer from Quebec (born 1982)

Geneviève Pettersen (born 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] Her debut novel, La déesse des mouches à feu (2014), was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault.

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Biography

Pettersen was born in Wendake, Quebec, 1982.

She wrote "Madame Chose", a lifestyle and food blog and column for La Presse.[2] In 2014, she published Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose, a collection of her Madame Chose writing about relationships.[2]

Her debut novel La déesse des mouches à feu was published in 2014.[3] The novel won the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault in 2015,[4] and its English translation by Neil Smith, The Goddess of Fireflies, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards.[5] La déesse des mouches à feu was adapted by film director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette for the 2020 film Goddess of the Fireflies.[6]

Pettersen was formerly married to writer Samuel Archibald.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Moi, mon bonheur: Geneviève Pettersen, alias Madame Chose". La Presse, March 23, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Vie et mort du couple : du dating au divorce, de Madame Chose". Châtelaine, October 23, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "The kids aren't all right in Geneviève Pettersen's The Goddess of Fireflies". Montreal Gazette, March 30, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Le Grand Prix littéraire Archambault revient à Geneviève Pettersen". Les Libraires, March 19, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Governor-General's Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2016.
  6. [6]
    Jared Mobarak, "Berlin Review: Goddess of the Fireflies Brings 1990s Adolescent Energy to Life". The Film Stage, February 23, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Couples créateurs: Un joyeux chaos". La Presse, February 14, 2015.
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