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Éric Chacour

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Éric Chacour (born November 5, 1983) is a Canadian writer from Quebec, whose debut novel Ce que je sais de toi was published in 2023.[1]

Born in Montreal to immigrant parents from Egypt, he spent his childhood in both Quebec and France, and studied economics at university.[2] He began writing Ce que je sais de toi about ten years before it was finally published in 2023.[3]

Ce que je sais de toi won the Prix Femina des lycéens in 2023[4] and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie in 2024,[5] and was shortlisted for the Prix littéraire des collégiens in 2024.[6]

What I Know About You, an English translation by Pablo Strauss of Ce que je sais de toi, was published in 2024 by Coach House Books in Canada, and Gallic Books in the United Kingdom.[7] It was shortlisted for several literary awards in 2024, including the Giller Prize,[8] the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for debut books by LGBTQ writers,[9] and the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[10]

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