Monique Nemni

Monique Nemni (born 1936) is a 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.[1]

Monique Nemni
Occupationlinguist, biographer
NationalityCanadian
Period1990s-present
Notable worksYoung Trudeau, Trudeau Transformed
SpouseMax Nemni

She is a retired professor of linguistics at the Université du Québec à Montréal,[2] and a former coeditor of Cité Libre.[3]

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.[4] The second volume, Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965, was a shortlisted nominee for the same award in 2011.[1] A third volume, focusing on Trudeau's career in elected politics after 1965, is slated for future publication.

Works
  • Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944 (2006, ISBN 978-0771067495)
  • Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965 (2011, ISBN 978-0771051258)

References
  1. "The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Max and Monique Nemni" Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, April 23, 2012.
  2. "History texts biased, linguist charges: Quebec program said to underplay federalist themes". Montreal Gazette, May 16, 1996.
  3. "Cite Libre division on display". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 1996.
  4. "Biography of Trudeau's youth wins Shaughnessy Cohen prize". CBC News, February 28, 2007.


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