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Ève Lambert

Ève Lambert is a Canadian writer from Quebec. She is most noted for her novel Que notre joie demeure, which won the Prix Médicis in 2026.

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Ève Lambert
Born1992 (age 33–34)
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
OccupationWriter
LanguageFrench
Alma materUniversité de Montréal
Years active2010s–present
Notable worksTu aimeras ce que tu as tué, Querelle de Roberval, Que notre joie demeure

Ève Lambert1 (née Kevin Lambert; born 1992) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.2 She is most noted for her novel Que notre joie demeure, which won the Prix Médicis in 2026.3

Originally from the Chicoutimi borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Lambert moved to Montreal in her late teens to study literature at the Université de Montréal.2 She published her debut novel Tu aimeras ce que tu as tué in 2017,4 and followed up with Querelle de Roberval in 2018.5 In addition to the Prix Ringuet, Querelle de Roberval won the Prix Sade6 and the Prix Œuvre de la relève à Montréal,7 and was shortlisted for the Prix littéraire des collégiens.8

Biblioasis has published English translations of both novels, with You Will Love What You Have Killed published in 2020,2 and Querelle of Roberval released in 2022.9 The translated version of Querelle of Roberval was a finalist for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,10 and won the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction.11

Before transitioning, Lambert was a gay man.12 Querelle de Roberval is partially based on Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest (Querelle de Brest).13 Later, she underwent "a long and uncertain exit from gender, an infinite withdrawal, a studious disassociation from the categories of woman or man."14

She published her third novel and the first under the name Kev Lambert, Que notre joie demeure, in 2022.15 The novel was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 Prix Goncourt.16 Following the nomination, the novel sparked some controversy in France because Lambert was open about having had the novel vetted by a sensitivity reader prior to publication as it featured a key character of Haitian descent, with previous Goncourt winner Nicolas Mathieu criticizing the practice as stifling to a writer's creative liberty.17 The novel was subsequently named the winner of the Prix Médicis18 and the Prix Ringuet.19

May Our Joy Endure, an English translation of Que notre joie demeure, was published in fall 2024,20 around the same time as the publication of Lambert's fourth novel Les Sentiers de neige.21

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References

  1. "Ève Lambert - Éditions Héliotrope". www.editionsheliotrope.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-17.
  2. Christopher DiRaddo, "A thrilling debut novel takes revenge on smalltown homophobia". Xtra!, September 28, 2020.
  3. Maalouf, Laila (2023-11-09). "Kevin Lambert remporte le prix Médicis". La Presse. Retrieved 2026-06-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Dominic Tardif, "Pour en finir avec Chicoutimi". Le Devoir, April 8, 2017.
  5. Chantal Guy, "Querelle de Roberval: le goût du meurtre". La Presse, September 26, 2018.
  6. "Kevin Lambert remporte le prix Sade en France". Ici Radio-Canada Première, September 27, 2019.
  7. "Kevin Lambert primé pour son roman «Querelle de Roberval»". Le Journal de Montréal, May 28, 2020.
  8. "Prix littéraire : les collégiens choisissent Ce qu’on respire sur Tatouine". Ici Radio-Canada, April 12, 2019.
  9. Ian McGillis, "Querelle of Roberval a homage to the works of Jean Genet". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2022.
  10. "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022.
  11. "2023 ReLit Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire, October 2, 2023.
  12. "Kevin Lambert met le feu au Lac-Saint-Jean" (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  13. Dominic Tardif, "Les nouveaux mâles de la littérature québécoise". Le Devoir, September 29, 2018.
  14. Lambert, Kev. "Transitionner dans un monde haineux". Liberté. Montreal. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. "Que notre joie demeure, de Kevin Lambert : incursion chez les classes dominantes". Ici Radio-Canada, September 7, 2022.
  16. Vicky Fragasso-Marquis, "Quebec author Kevin Lambert in contention for prestigious Prix Goncourt award". CBC News, September 5, 2023.
  17. Thomas Macdonald, "Quebec author at heart of controversy in France over 'sensitivity reading'". Toronto Star, September 25, 2023.
  18. Chantal Guy, "Notre joie récompensée". La Presse, November 9, 2023.
  19. Mickaël Meunier, "Kevin Lambert lauréat du prix Ringuet pour son livre Que notre joie demeure". Le Soleil, October 19, 2023.
  20. Ben Sigurdson, "A thrilling look ahead: Fall books season promises another full slate of engaging fiction and non-fiction". Winnipeg Free Press, August 3, 2024.
  21. Samuel Larochelle, "Le roman du trauma de Kev Lambert". Fugues, October 5, 2024.