Digging Up the Mountains

Born in Trinidad, Neil Bissoondath has lived in Canada for more than thirty years. He is the author of six works of fiction and a controversial work of nonfiction entitled Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada. He has received the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award and the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. His work has been short listed for the Governor General's Award, the Guardian Fiction Award (UK), and the Prix Femina Étranger (France). He teaches creative writing at Université Laval in Quebec City.

Né à Trinidad, Neil Bissoondath vit au Canada depuis plus de 30 ans. Il est l'auteur de six oeuvres de fiction et d'un essai controversé intitulé Le marché aux illusions: la méprise du multiculturalisme au Canada (traduction de Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada). Il a remporté le Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award et le prix Hugh MacLellan remis à la meilleure oeuvre de fiction. Ses ouvrages ont été finalistes au Prix du gouverneur général, au Guardian Fiction Award (Royaume-Uni) et au prix Fémina étranger (France). Il est professeur en création littéraire à l'Université Laval, à Québec.