Nelly Arcan was a Canadian novelist.
She was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
Her first novel, Putain, enjoyed immediate critical and media success and was a finalist for both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina. Afterwards, Arcan wrote several short stories, opinion pieces and columns for various Quebec newspapers and literary magazines.
On September 3, 2009, three weeks before her death, Arcan published a story in her weekly column in the Quebec French-language weekly Ici magazine entitled "Take Me, or You're Dead," detailing her experience with a stalker.
Arcan was found dead in Montreal on September 24, 2009. She had just finished writing her last book, Paradis clés en main.
She was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
Her first novel, Putain, enjoyed immediate critical and media success and was a finalist for both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina. Afterwards, Arcan wrote several short stories, opinion pieces and columns for various Quebec newspapers and literary magazines.
On September 3, 2009, three weeks before her death, Arcan published a story in her weekly column in the Quebec French-language weekly Ici magazine entitled "Take Me, or You're Dead," detailing her experience with a stalker.
Arcan was found dead in Montreal on September 24, 2009. She had just finished writing her last book, Paradis clés en main.
Nelly Arcan was a Canadian novelist.
She was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
Her first novel, Putain, enjoyed immediate critical and media success and was a finalist for both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina. Afterwards, Arcan wrote several short stories, opinion pieces and columns for various Quebec newspapers and literary magazines.
On September 3, 2009, three weeks before her death, Arcan published a story in her weekly column in the Quebec French-language weekly Ici magazine entitled "Take Me, or You're Dead," detailing her experience with a stalker.
Arcan was found dead in Montreal on September 24, 2009. She had just finished writing her last book, Paradis clés en main.
She was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
Her first novel, Putain, enjoyed immediate critical and media success and was a finalist for both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina. Afterwards, Arcan wrote several short stories, opinion pieces and columns for various Quebec newspapers and literary magazines.
On September 3, 2009, three weeks before her death, Arcan published a story in her weekly column in the Quebec French-language weekly Ici magazine entitled "Take Me, or You're Dead," detailing her experience with a stalker.
Arcan was found dead in Montreal on September 24, 2009. She had just finished writing her last book, Paradis clés en main.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
