Tania Langlais

Tania Langlais is the author of Douze bêtes aux chemises de l’homme and she received the Prix Émile-Nelligan at age 20, the youngest person to ever receive this award. Born in Montreal in 1979, she currently lives in Outaouais. Pendant que Perceval tombait is her fourth book and was awarded The Governor General’s Award of Canada and Le Prix Alain-Grandbois de l’Académie des lettres du Québec. (photo credit, Marianne Duval)

  • From Pendant que Perceval tombait, by Tania Langlais, translated from French by Jessica Cuello

    you don’t know how to write with lightness