Neil Smith (writer)

Neil Smith (born 1964) is a Canadian writer and translator from Montreal, Quebec.[1] His novel Boo, published in 2015,[2] won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.[3]

Neil Smith
Born1964
Montreal, Quebec
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksBang Crunch, Boo
Notable awardsHugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Boo was also nominated for a Sunburst Award[4] and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award,[5] and was longlisted for the Prix des libraires du Québec.

Smith published his debut book, the short story collection Bang Crunch, in 2007.[6] It was chosen as a best book of the year by the Washington Post and The Globe and Mail, won the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers' Federation,[7] and was a finalist for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Three stories in the book were also nominated for the Journey Prize.[8]

A graduate of Université Laval, Smith also translates from French to English.[9] The Goddess of Fireflies, his translation of Geneviève Pettersen's novel La déesse des mouches à feu, was nominated for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2016 Governor General's Awards.[10]

He is out as gay.[8]

References
  1. "Nice and easy does it". Quill & Quire, Winter 2007.
  2. Nicholas Cameron, "Review: Neil Smith’s Boo is a novel of tremendous imagination". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 2015.
  3. Ian McGillis, "Neil Smith, Anita Anand, David McGimpsey honoured at QWF Awards". Montreal Gazette, November 19, 2015.
  4. Erin Balser, "Gemma Files wins 2016 Sunburst Award for "uniquely Canadian" novel". CBC Books, July 13, 2017.
  5. Becky Robertson, "Awards: Canadian Library Association names 2016 YA Book Award finalists". Quill & Quire, March 2, 2016.
  6. John Burns, "Bang Crunch: First fiction by Neil Smith". The Georgia Straight, January 24, 2007.
  7. "Montreal's Heather O'Neill wins Quebec book prize". CBC Arts, November 22, 2007.
  8. Gordon Bowness, "In print: Neil Smith’s Bang Crunch". Daily Xtra, January 31, 2007.
  9. Michael Posner, "Getting bang for his pluck". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 2007.
  10. Mark Medley, "Governor-General’s Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2016.


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