Karoline Georges

Karoline Georges
Born (1970-06-22) 22 June 1970 (age 54)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationNovelist, artist
Period2000s–present
Notable worksDe synthèse

Karoline Georges (born 22 June 1970)[1] is a Canadian writer and multidisciplinary artist from Quebec,[2] whose novel De synthèse won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[3]

She studied art and film at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, and art history at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her debut novel, La Mue de l'hermaphrodite, was published in 2001, and she has since published novels, short stories, poetry and children's literature.[4]

De synthèse won the Prix Jacques-Brossard in 2018.[5] It was selected for the 2019 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by broadcaster Manal Drissi.[6]

  1. ^ "SFE: Georges, Karoline".
  2. ^ "Karoline Georges: le culte absolu de l'image". La Presse, December 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Zoom sur les prix du Gouverneur général 2018", Le Devoir, October 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Karoline Georges - Forcément sublime". Le Devoir, September 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "Le prix Jacques-Brossard remis à Karoline Georges". Le Devoir, May 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "5 combattants dans le ring du Combat national des livres". Ici Radio-Canada, April 8, 2019.