Born 1959 · Canada
Governor General's (French) 2017 · Finalist
Title translated by AI:“The Palace of Fatigue”
Michael Delisle · 58 when first published
Short stories · 138 pages
AI-generated summary:Six stories about creation and storytelling: two suburban brothers adopt a bear with a severed paw, a young man enters literary circles guided by a mentor, a writer is shaken when a gifted photographer friend quits.
Governor General's (French) 2014 · Finalist
Le Feu de mon père
Michael Delisle · 55 when first published
Novel · 106 pages · Family, Autofiction
AI-generated summary:A poet remembers his father, a bandit turned charismatic Christian, a violent man who came to speak of nothing but Jesus, whom the son hated and could not help loving.
Governor General's (French) 2006 · Finalist
Michael Delisle · 46 when first published
Short stories · 120 pages
AI-generated summary:Seven stories about people imprisoned in themselves and carrying wounds that never healed, set between reality and premonition, in which grief turns out to be what shapes a life.