Ève Lambert
Canadian writer from Quebec (born 1992)
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Ève Lambert[1] (née Kevin Lambert; born 1992) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[2] She is most noted for her novel Que notre joie demeure, which won the Prix Médicis in 2026.[3]
Ève Lambert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992 (age 33–34) Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | French |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
| Notable works | Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué, Querelle de Roberval, Que notre joie demeure |
Originally from the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Lambert moved to Montreal in her late teens to study literature at the Université de Montréal.[2] She published her debut novel Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué in 2017,[4] and followed up with Querelle de Roberval in 2018.[5] In addition to the Prix Ringuet, Querelle de Roberval won the Prix Sade[6] and the Prix Œuvre de la relève à Montréal,[7] and was shortlisted for the Prix littéraire des collégiens.[8]
Biblioasis has published English translations of both novels, with You Will Love What You Have Killed published in 2020,[2] and Querelle of Roberval released in 2022.[9] The translated version of Querelle of Roberval was a finalist for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,[10] and won the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction.[11]
Before transitioning, Lambert was a gay man.[12] Querelle de Roberval is partially based on Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest (Querelle de Brest).[13] Later, she underwent "a long and uncertain exit from gender, an infinite withdrawal, a studious disassociation from the categories of woman or man."[14]
She published her third novel and the first under the name Kev Lambert, Que notre joie demeure, in 2022.[15] The novel was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 Prix Goncourt.[16] Following the nomination, the novel sparked some controversy in France because Lambert was open about having had the novel vetted by a sensitivity reader prior to publication as it featured a key character of Haitian descent, with previous Goncourt winner Nicolas Mathieu criticizing the practice as stifling to a writer's creative liberty.[17] The novel was subsequently named the winner of the Prix Médicis[18] and the Prix Ringuet.[19]
May Our Joy Endure, an English translation of Que notre joie demeure, was published in fall 2024,[20] around the same time as the publication of Lambert's fourth novel Les Sentiers de neige.[21]