Daniel Grenier

Daniel Grenier (born 1980) is a Canadian writer from Quebec,^[1] who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for his debut novel, L’année la plus longue.^[2]

Daniel Grenier
Born	1980 Brossard, Quebec
Occupation	novelist, translator
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2010s-present
Notable works	L’année la plus longue

A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal,^[3] he published the short story collection Malgré tout on rit à Saint-Henri in 2012.^[1] In 2014, he published Douce détresse, a French translation of Anna Leventhal's short story collection Sweet Affliction.^[1]

His non-fiction book La solitude de l'écrivain de fond was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards. He is also a four-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English to French translation, receiving nods at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Andrew Forbes's The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays, at the 2020 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Dawn Dumont's Nobody Cries at Bingo,^[4] at the 2021 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Dumont's Rose's Run,^[5] and at the 2024 Governor General's Awards for his translation of Harold R. Johnson's Charlie Muskrat.^[6]

Originally from Brossard, he currently resides in Quebec City.^[1]

Works

• Malgré tout on rit à Saint-Henri (2012)
• L’année la plus longue (2015)
• La solitude de l'écrivain de fond. Notes sur Wright Morris. Le Quartanier, 2017 (Shortlisted 2017 Governor General's Awards, non-fiction)
• On pleure pas au bingo (2019) Translator. Éditions Hannenorak. (Shortlisted 2020 Governor General's Awards, English to French translation)