Dominique Scali

Le premier roman de Dominique Scali, À la recherche de New Babylon (La Peuplade, 2015; qui sera publié sous le nom In Search of New Babylon en anglais par Talonbooks), a remporté en 2016 le First Novel Award au 29e Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry (France). Il a été aussi finaliste au Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général (2015), le Grand Prix du livre de Montréal (2015) et le Prix des librairies du Québec (2016).

 

Dominique Scali is an author and journalist who is nostalgic for bygone eras she can experience only in her imagination. Her novel À la recherche de New Babylon won the First Novel Award at the twenty-ninth Festival du Premier Roman, held in Chambéry, France. It was also a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal, and the Prix des libraires du Québec. A vivid re-contextualization of the American West, it has just been published as In Search of New Babylon (Talonbooks), in an English translation by Donald Wilson. Dominique Scali lives in Montreal.