Deni Ellis Béchard

Deni Ellis Béchard
Nationality American Canadian
Alma mater Marlboro College;
Middlebury College;
University of Guelph
Genre novel, journalism, memoir, photography
Notable awards Commonwealth Writers Prize

Deni Ellis Béchard (born British Columbia) is a Canadian-American novelist.

His novel, Vandal Love (2006), won the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.[1] It was a finalist for the 2009 Combat des livres, broadcast on Radio-Canada.[2]

Life

Béchard was born to French-Canadian and American parents.[3] He graduated from Marlboro College in 1997,[4] from Middlebury College, and from the University of Guelph.[5] He was French editor at The Adirondack Review from 2002-2004.[6]

Though, in French, "Deni" is normally spelled "Denis," his mother named him "Deni." In French, the "s" on "Denis" is silent, and his mother removed it because she wanted English speakers to pronounce his name correctly. In 2015, he changed his middle name to Ellis, taking his mother's maiden name to honor her.

He has traveled in over sixty countries and doesn't have a permanent home, though he is often in Boston, New York, and Montreal.

Works

References

  1. ↑ http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/news/news/detail.cfm?id=324
  2. ↑ Combat des livres 2009 | Christiane Charette | Zone Radio | Radio-Canada.ca
  3. ↑ http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=58796
  4. ↑ News & Events » Marlboro College
  5. ↑ Marlboro College
  6. ↑ Bonjour Again: An Interview with D.Y. Béchard

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