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For the Governor General of Canada, see Michaëlle Jean.
Michel Jean
BornAlma, Quebec, Canada
Occupationjournalist, novelist
LanguageFrench
NationalityCanadian
Notable workskukum

Michel Jean is a Canadian television journalist and author.[1] He is currently the weekend anchor of TVA Nouvelles on TVA, and was formerly an anchor on TVA's newsmagazine JE and for the 24-hour news channel RDI.[2]

In addition to his journalism career, Jean has published several novels, including Envoyé spécial (2008), Un monde mort comme la lune (2009), Une vie à aimer (2010), Elle et nous (2012), Le vent en parle encore (2013), La belle mélancolie (2015), Tsunamis (2017), Kukum (2019),[3], Tiohtiá:ke (2021), and Qimmik (2023).

Kukum, a novel based on the life of his own Innu great-grandmother Almanda Siméon, won the Prix France-Québec in 2020,[4] and was selected for the 2021 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by indigenous activist and now Senator Michèle Audette.[5] The novel won the competition on May 7, 2021.[6] Following his success with Kukum, his earlier novel Elle et nous was reissued in 2021 under the new title Atuk.[7]

Susan Ouriou received a nomination for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2023 Governor General's Awards for her translation of Kukum.[8]

References

  1. ^ Josée Lapointe, "La magie d’Almanda". La Presse, December 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Michel Jean passe à TVA". Le Devoir, May 6, 2005.
  3. ^ Marie-France Bornais, "«Kukum» de Michel Jean: l’histoire de son arrière-grand-mère". Le Journal de Québec, September 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Roman «Kukum»: Michel Jean lauréat du Prix littéraire France-Québec". TVA Nouvelles, November 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Cinq combattantes et combattants dans l’arène pour le Combat national des livres". Ici Radio-Canada, April 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "Michèle Audette remporte le Combat national des livres 2021 avec Kukum". Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Josée Lapointe, "Réédition d’un roman de Michel Jean". La Presse, March 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, October 25, 2023.
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