Julie Mazzieri (born 1975 in Saint-Paul-de-Chester, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist and translator who currently lives in Corsica."Julie Mazzieri: La Bosco". Voir, October 31, 2017. She is most noted for her novel Le discours sur la tombe de l'idiot, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2009 Governor General's Awards."Two area writers win Governor General's awards; History, teen story take prestigious literary prizes". Ottawa Citizen, November 18, 2009. The novel was also a finalist for the Prix Orange du livre and the Prix littéraire des collégiens."Les 5 livres en lice" . Prix littéraire des collégiens, 2010.
In 2010, she published a French translation of Gail Scott's novel My Paris."Littérature canadienne - Le Paris de Gail Scott". Le Devoir, November 27, 2010.
Mazzieri's second novel, La Bosco, was published in 2017."L'équipée d'un incapable, selon Julie Mazzieri". Le Devoir, September 30, 2017. It was a finalist for the Prix Wepler in France."Le Prix Wepler fête ses 20 ans en fanfare". Le Figaro, September 8, 2017.
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