Catherine Mavrikakis (born January 7, 1961) is a Canadian academic and award-winning writer living in

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. The daughter of a

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father who grew up in Algeria and a French mother, she was born in

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and grew up in

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, in France and in the United States. She settled in

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in 1979. From 1993 to 2003, she taught at

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. In 2003, she joined the department of French language literature 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-de ...

. The 2015 virtual reality work '' The Unknown Photographer'' incorporated text by Mavrikakis.

Selected works

* ''Deuils cannibales et mélancoliques'', novel (2000) * ''Ça va aller'', novel (2002) * ''Fleurs de crachat'', novel (2005), translated into English by

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as ''Flowers of Spit'' (2011) which was shortlisted for a

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* ''Condamner à mort. Le meurtre et la loi à l'écran'', essay (2005), received the Prix Victor-Barbeau and was shortlisted for a Governor General's Award for Literary Merit in 2006 * ''Le ciel de Bay City'', novel (2008), received the , the and the * ''Omaha Beach'', play (2008), shortlisted for a Governor General's Award for Literary Merit in 2008 * ''Les derniers jours de Smokey Nelson'', novel (2011), shortlisted for the

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References

1961 births Living people Canadian novelists in French Concordia University faculty Université de Montréal faculty Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French Writers from Montreal American emigrants to Canada Canadian women novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian people of Greek descent 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian essayists Canadian women essayists {{Quebec-writer-stub