Monique Esther Nemni (; March 27, 1936 – 2 November 2022) was an Egyptian-born Canadian linguist and writer, best known for a series of biographies of former Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau which she cowrote with her husband Max Nemni."The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Max and Monique Nemni" . Open Book Toronto, 23 April 2012.
Nemni was a professor of linguistics at the Université du Québec à Montréal,"History texts biased, linguist charges: Quebec program said to underplay federalist themes". Montreal Gazette, 16 May 1996. and a coeditor of Cité Libre."Cite Libre division on display". Montreal Gazette, 26 March 1996.
The first volume of the Trudeau biography, Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944, won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing in 2006."Biography of Trudeau's youth wins Shaughnessy Cohen prize". CBC News, 28 February 2007. The second volume, Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965, was a shortlisted nominee for the same award in 2011. A third volume, focusing on Trudeau's career in elected politics after 1965, is slated for future publication.
Nemni died of a heart attack in Naples, on 2 November 2022, at the age of 86.
Works
Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944 (2006, ) Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965 (2011, )
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