Paul Serge Forest is a Canadian writer from

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, whose debut novel ''Tout est ori'' won the

Prix Robert-Cliche The Prix Robert-Cliche is a literary prize created in 1979 to honour Robert Cliche, a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. The prize is awarded annually for an original French language work by a Canadian author who has not previously published a nov ...

and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the

2021 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2021 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, 2021, and the winners were announced on November 17.Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...

region.Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec
"Paul Serge Forest remporte le Prix Robert-Cliche avec un roman indescriptible"
'' Le Devoir'', March 10, 2021. ''Tout est ori'' was selected for the 2022 edition of ''

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'', where it was defended by actress

Charlotte Aubin Charlotte Aubin (born September 4, 1991 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film '' Isla Blanca'', for which she received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 20th Quebec C ...

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