Simon Roy
Roy in 2021
Born(1968-06-14)14 June 1968
Died15 October 2022(2022-10-15) (aged 54)
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Author
Professor

Simon Roy (14 June 1968 – 15 October 2022) was a Canadian author. He was also a professor of literature at the Collège Lionel-Groulx for more than thirty years.

Biography

Born on 14 June 1968 in Saint-Alexis, Roy married Marianne Marquis-Gravel, with whom he had two children, Romane and Colin.[1] He was known for his 2014 novel Ma vie rouge Kubrick, which received the Prix des libraires du Québec in the category of Québécois novels.[2][3][4]

Roy died of brain cancer on 15 October 2022, at the age of 54.[5]

Books

  • Ma vie rouge Kubrick (2014)[6]
  • Owen Hopkins, esquire (2016)
  • Fait par un autre (2021)
  • Ma fin du monde (2022)

References

  1. "Rattrapage du 29 sept. 2021 : Perrine Leblanc et Sally Rooney". Radio-Canada (in French).
  2. Guy, Chantal (12 May 2015). "Simon Roy remporte le Prix des libraires". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. "Simon Roy et Hugh Howey sont les lauréats du Prix des libraires du Québec". Radio-Canada (in French). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. "Simon Roy dans le labyrinthe". La Fabrique culturelle (in French). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. "Décès de l'écrivain Simon Roy". TVA Nouvelles (in French). 15 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. Lemieux, Dominique (27 August 2014). "Simon Roy : La vie en rouge". Les libraires (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2022.


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