Didier Leclair



Didier Leclair (born Didier Kabagema, 1967 in Montreal) is a Canadian francophone fiction writer currently based in Toronto. He has lived in various countries in Africa, and has studied at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Toronto's Glendon College.

Awards and recognition

 * 2000: French-language winner, Trillium Book Award, Toronto, je t'aime
 * 2004: French-language fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, Ce pays qui est le mien
 * 2011: French-language finalist, Trillium Book Award, Le soixantième parallèle
 * 2016: French-language finalist, Trillium Book Award, Pour l'amour de Dimitri
 * 2016: French-language winner, Christine Dimitriu Van Saanen Book Award, Pour l'amour de Dimitri
 * 2018: French-language finalist, Trillium Book Award, Le Bonheur est un parfum sans nom
 * 2019: English-language finalist, Toronto Book Award, This Country of mine (Translated work by Elaine Kennedy)