Canadian
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writer from
Quebec
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. He is most noted for his 2017 short story collection ''Les noyades secondaires'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
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Le Devoir
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''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large- ...
'', April 25, 2015. He followed up with the novellas ''Rosemont de profil'' in 2013 and ''Des lames de pierre'' in 2015. Both ''Atavismes'' and ''Des lames de pierre'' have been published in English translation, as ''Atavisms'' (2015) and ''Baloney'' (2016)."‘Baloney’ by Maxime Raymond Bock" ''The Winnipeg Review'', December 12, 2016.
A graduate of the
Université du Québec à Montréal
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, he is currently a doctoral student at the
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...