Éric Chacour (born November 5, 1983) is a Canadian writer from

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, whose debut novel ''Ce que je sais de toi'' was published in 2023. Born in

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to immigrant parents from

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

, he spent his childhood in both Quebec and

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, and studied

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at university. He began writing ''Ce que je sais de toi'' about ten years before it was finally published in 2023. ''Ce que je sais de toi'' won the

Prix Femina des lycéens The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poetry), verse by male ...

in 2023 and the

Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie The Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie (literally "Prize of the five continents of the francophonie") is a literary prize created in 2001 by the Organisation internationale de la francophonie The (OIF; sometimes shortened to ''L ...

in 2024, and was shortlisted for the

Prix littéraire des collégiens The Prix littéraire des collégien·ne·s is a Canadian literary award, presented annually to a work of French-language Canadian literature selected by a committee of students from colleges and CEGEPs in Quebec. Presented for the first time in 200 ...

in 2024. ''What I Know About You'', an English translation by Pablo Strauss of ''Ce que je sais de toi'', was published in 2024 by

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in Canada, and Gallic Books in the

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. It was shortlisted for several literary awards in 2024, including the

Giller Prize The Giller Prize (known as the Scotiabank Giller Prize from 2005-2023) is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried co ...

, the

Dayne Ogilvie Prize The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community. Origina ...

for debut books by LGBTQ writers, and the

Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, formerly known as the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, is a Canadian literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of works submitted by publishers. ...

.Nicole Thompson
"Canisia Lubrin, Fawn Parker make Writers’ Trust fiction prize short list"
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'', September 25, 2024.

References

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