''Numéro Cinq'' was an online international journal of arts and letters founded in 2010 by the Governor-General's Award-winning Canadian novelist Douglas Glover. ''Numéro Cinq'' published a wide variety of new and established artists and writers with a bent toward the experimental, hybrid works, and work in translation as well as essays on the craft and art of writing. Its last issue appeared in August 2017.

History

The magazine's name comes from Glover's short story “The Obituary Writer” (published in his collection ''Bad News of the Heart''). The hero, based loosely on the author as a young newspaperman, harasses a neighbour by making loud noises in the night and pretending to be a member of a sinister terrorist group called Numéro Cinq.

Founder and Editor, Douglas Glover

Douglas Glover, who currently lives in central Vermont, was raised on a tobacco farm in southwestern Ontario. He studied philosophy at York University then received a M.Litt. in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh. He also received an M.F.A from the University of Iowa's Iowa Writer's Workshop. He has published five collections of short stories, four novels, and two books of non-fiction. His stories have appeared in ''Best Canadian Stories'', ''The Best American Short Stories'', and ''The Oxford Book of Canadian Stories''. In 2003, Glover's novel ''Elle'' won the Governor-General's Award for fiction and was a finalist for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He has been a newspaper reporter, a philosophy professor, a writing professor and an editor. He is currently on faculty at the MFA in Writing program at

Vermont College of Fine Arts Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) is a private graduate-level art school in Montpelier, Vermont. It offers Master's degrees in low-residency and residential programs. Its faculty includes Pulitzer Prize finalists, National Book Award winners, ...

Recognition

Sion Dayson's essa
"Life Lessons in Père Lachaise Cemetery"
selected for inclusion in ''Utne Reader, The Best of the Alternative Press'', July/August Issue, 2012. Melissa Fisher's essa
"My First Job"
won the 2012 '' 3 Quarks Daily'' Arts & Literature Prize judged by Gish Gen.

Contributors

''Numéro Cinq'' has published stories, poems, creative non-fiction, sermons, plays, screenplays, photographs, and art work by new and established writers and artists. American writers include: Madison Smartt Bell, Lydia Davis, Sam Savage, Steve Almond, Dodie Bellamy, Jen Bervin, Eula Biss, Jody Bolz, David Ferry, Rigoberto González, Donald Hall, Noy Holland, Shane Jones, Pierre Joris, Gordon Lish, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Joseph McElroy, Greg Mulcahy, David Wojahn, Robert Wrigley, Diane Williams, William Olsen,

Nancy Eimers Nancy Eimers (born 1954 Chicago) is an American poet. Life She graduated from Indiana University with an M.A., from the University of Arizona with an M.F.A., and from the University of Houston with a Ph.D. She teaches at Western Michigan Universi ...

, Brad Watson,

Anthony Doerr Anthony Doerr (born October 27, 1973) is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel ''All the Light We Cannot See'', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Early life and education Rais ...

Keith Lee Morris Keith Lee Morris is an American author who has published three novels, ''The Greyhound God'' (University of Nevada Press, 2003), ''The Dart League King'' (Tin House Books, 2008) and Traveler's Rest (Little, Brown and Company, 2016) as well as two ...

Darin Strauss Darin Strauss is a best-selling American writer whose work has earned a number of awards, including, among numerous others, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Strauss's 2011 book ''Half a Life (memoir), Half a ...

, Trinie Dalton, Nance Van Winckel, Joe David Bellamy, Jess Row,

Sydney Lea Sydney Lea (born December 22, 1942) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. He was the founding editor of the ''New England Review'' and was the Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2011 to 2015. Lea's writings focus the outdoor ...

David Rivard David Rivard (born 1953 in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American poet. He is the author of seven books including ''Wise Poison'', winner the 1996 James Laughlin Award, and ''Standoff'', winner the 2017 PEN New England Award in Poetry. He is ...

, Donald Breckenridge, Leslie Ullman, Johannah Rodgers, Jeremy Brunger, Richard Jackson,

Dawn Raffel Dawn Raffel is an American writer. She has authored two short story collections, a novel, a memoir, and a biography. Her work has appeared in ''The Quarterly,'' ''NOON'', edited by Diane Williams, ''O, The Oprah Magazine,'' '' Conjunctions'', ''O ...

, Russell Working,

Lynne Tillman Lynne Tillman (born January 1, 1947) is a novelist, short story writer, and cultural critic. She is currently Professor/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at the University at Albany and teaches at the School of Visual Arts' Art Cri ...

, Jack Myers, and Domenic Stansberry. Canadian writers include:

Leon Rooke Leon Rooke, CM (born September 11, 1934) is a Canadian novelist. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in the United States. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he moved to Canada in 1969. He now lives in Toronto, Ontario. Rook ...

Diane Schoemperlen Diane Mavis Schoemperlen (born July 9, 1954) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Early life and education Schoemperlen was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and educated at Lakehead University. Career Schoemperlen's first novel, ''In the ...

Mavis Gallant Mavis Leslie de Trafford Gallant, , née Young (11 August 1922 – 18 February 2014), was a Canadian writer who spent much of her life and career in France. Best known as a short story writer, she also published novels, plays and essays. Pe ...

Bill Gaston Bill Gaston (born January 14, 1953 in Tacoma, Washington) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. Gaston grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto, Ontario, and North Vancouver, British Columbia. Aside from teaching at various univ ...

Mark Anthony Jarman Mark Anthony Jarman (born 11 June 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian fiction writer. Jarman's work includes the novel ''Salvage King, Ya!'', the short story collection ''Knife Party at the Hotel Europa'' and the travel book ''Ireland's Eye. ...

Ann Ireland Ann Ireland (1953–2018) was a Canadian fiction author who published five novels between 1985 and 2018. Her first novel, ''A Certain Mr. Takahashi'' (1985), was the winner of the Seal $50,000 1st Novel Award. She also wrote 1996's ''The Ins ...

David Helwig David Helwig (April 5, 1938 – October 16, 2018) was a Canadian editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. Life and career Helwig was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he spent his early childhood years. When h ...

, Mike Barnes,

Danila Botha Danila Botha is a Canadian author and novelist. She has published two short story collections, with a third to be published in 2024 and two novels, with the second to be published in 2025. Personal life and work Botha was born in Johannesbu ...

, Michael Bryson,

John B. Lee John Busteed Lee (born 1951) is a Canadian author and poet who is Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry. Biography Early life Born in Highgate, Ontario, Lee was rais ...

, Karen Mulhallen, Stephen Henighan,

Genni Gunn Genni Gunn is a Canadian novelist, poet, and translator. Born in Trieste, Italy, she currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gunn has a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia. She is chair of Public Lending Rights ...

, Goran Simic, Dave Margoshes,

Keith Maillard Keith Maillard (born 28 February 1942 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a Canadian-American novelist, poet, and professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia. He moved to Canada in 1970 (due to his opposition to the Vietnam ...

Cynthia Flood Cynthia Flood (born September 17, 1940)"Vancouver writer wins $10,000 Canadian fiction prize". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 25, 1990. is a Canadian short-story writer and novelist. The daughter of novelist Luella Creighton and historian Donald C ...

Tess Fragoulis Tess Fragoulis is a Canadian writer and educator. Born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec, where she attended Concordia University. Her first book, ''Stories to Hide from Your Mother'' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1997), was ...

Clark Blaise Clark Blaise, OC (born April 10, 1940) is a Canadian-American author. He was a professor of creative writing at York University, and a writer of short fiction. In 2010, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Early life and education ...

Steven Heighton Steven Heighton (August 14, 1961 – April 19, 2022) was a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. He is the author of eighteen books, including three short story collections, four novels, and seven poetry collections.

, Connie Gault,

R. W. Gray Robert (R. W.) Gray is a Canadian writer, filmmaker and academic. Originally from Prince Rupert, British Columbia,Brett Josef Grubisic, "Short story collection takes several dreamlike turns". ''Vancouver Sun'', May 30, 2015. he was educated at th ...

, David Homel,

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer (born February 6, 1965) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Early life Kuitenbrouwer was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and later moved to Toronto. Career Her debut short story collection, ''Way Up'', was published in ...

, Gilles Pellerin, Dawn Promislow, Lee D. Thompson, Ian Colford,

Jack Hodgins Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

, and S.D. Chrostowska. From the UK: Andrew Gallix, Gabriel Josipovici, Fernando Sdrigotti, Victoria Best, Martin Dean, Joanna Walsh, and

George Szirtes George Szirtes (; born 29 November 1948) is a British poet and translator from the Hungarian language into English. Originally from Hungary, he has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life after coming to the country as a refugee at the ...

. Work in translation includes:

Quim Monzó Joaquim Monzó i Gómez (born 15 March 1952), also known as Quim Monzó (), is a contemporary Spanish writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern ...

Juan José Saer Juan José Saer ( Serodino, Santa Fe, Argentina, June 28, 1937Paris, France, June 11, 2005) was an Argentine writer, considered one of the most important in Latin American literature and in Spanish-language literature of the 20th century. He is ...

Jorge Carrera Andrade Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902. He died in 1978. During his life and after his death he has been recognized with Jorge Luis Borges, Vice ...

Viktor Shklovsky Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky ( rus, Ви́ктор Бори́сович Шкло́вский, p=ˈʂklofskʲɪj; – 6 December 1984) was a Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic, writer, and pamphleteer. He is one of the major figures ass ...

Cesare Pavese Cesare Pavese ( , ; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time. Early li ...

Kazushi Hosaka is a Japanese writer. He has won the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Akutagawa Prize, and the Tanizaki Prize. Biography Hosaka was born in Yamanashi prefecture and received his undergraduate education at Waseda University with a major in poli ...

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

Mihail Sebastian Mihail Sebastian (; born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist. Life Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila, the son of Mendel and Clara Hechter. After c ...

Giacomo Leopardi Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (, ; 29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. He is considered the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and one of ...

Habib Tengour Habib Tengour (born March 29, 1947) is a French-Algerian poet, sociologist and anthropologist. He was born in Mostaganem in eastern French Algeria in 1947. The Tengour family moved to France when Habib was five years old, and he grew up there in ...

, Besik Kharanauli,

Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recogni ...

, Blanca Castellón, Horace, Liliana Heker, Andrzej Stasiuk, Rilke, Guillaume Apollinaire, Paul-Armand Silvestre, Paul Éluard and

Mathias Énard Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin. He won several awa ...

References

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