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Jean-Benoît Nadeau

December 02, 2023

Jean-Benoît Nadeau (born in 1964) is a Canadian author, journalist, and lecturer, and a Fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs.

Jean-Benoît Nadeau

He is the author of The Bonjour Effect and Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong which he co-wrote with his wife, Julie Barlow.[1]

Biography edit

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Jean-Benoît Nadeau received a bachelor's degree from McGill University in 1992 where he majored in Political Science and History.

He began his journalism career in 1987, as a theatre critic for the Montreal cultural weekly Voir. He is best known as a regular contributor to Canada's national French-language magazine L’actualité. Since September 2014, he also writes a column for the French language Montreal daily Le Devoir.

In all, he has published more than 1000 feature stories and columns.[1]

In 1993, he began writing in English for English Canadian magazines like Saturday Night, Profit, and Report on Business Magazine.

Over the years, his byline has appeared in articles (mostly op-ed pieces), in USA Today, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Toronto Star and The Wall Street Journal.[1]

In 1999, Nadeau was granted a two-year fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs to travel to France and study the reasons why the French were resisting globalization.[2]

In 2003, he began to co-author books with his wife, Julie Barlow. The first was Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong, a book about the French people and their culture. Published by Sourcebooks, it was translated into French (Pas si fous, ces Français!), Dutch and Chinese.[3] There are two different Chinese translated editions--one in traditional Chinese, and the other in simplified Chinese.

In 2006, Nadeau and Barlow wrote The Story of French, a history of the French language from its origins to its present evolution, published by St. Martin's Press. This book was translated into Japanese. In French, it exists in two different versions. It appeared in Quebec in 2007 under the title La Grande aventure de la langue française, and in France in 2011 under the title Le français, quelle histoire! The latter is an updated, second edition of the book.[4]

This book was adapted into a two-hour radio documentary, Le français n’a pas dit son dernier mot (French Language Has Not Said Its last Word), broadcast by France Culture in July 2014.[5]

In 2010, Nadeau and his family spent six months in Phoenix, Arizona, to conduct research on his next book, The Story of Spanish. Written by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow, The Story of Spanish is a book about the history of the Spanish language and is similar to The Story of French. It was published by St. Martin's Press.[6]

In 2013-2014, Nadeau and his family spent a year in Paris to research a new book on the French, The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed with coauthor Julie Barlow, published by St. Martin's Press in 2016.

Works in French edit

Jean-Benoît Nadeau also wrote, individually, a number of books in French, which have never been translated.

In 2002, Nadeau wrote Les Français aussi ont un accent ("The French Also Have an Accent;" available only in French) a quirky travelog on the experience of living in France. It was published by the French publishing house Editions Payot.[7]

In 2007, Jean-Benoît Nadeau published a second edition of his book Guide du travailleur autonome ("Guide for the Self-Employed")[8] as well as Écrire pour vivre ("Live to Write"),[9] a practical guidebook on how to make a living from writing. The books were published by Québec Amérique.

In 2014, he published Les accents circomplexes ("The Circomplex Accents")—part essay, part memoir, of his culture shock upon returning to Canada, first to Toronto and then to Montreal. It was published by Stanké, an imprint of Groupe Librex.[10]

Also in 2014, he published Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3.0 ("Guide for the Self-Employed"), the third edition of a partly autobiographical book of advice to those who are self-employed.[11] A second edition of this book had been published in 2007.

Awards edit

2011 L’Académie des Science d’Outre-Mer (The Academy of Overseas Sciences) Prix de la Renaissance Française (French Renaissance Award)[12]

2007 Quebec Writer's Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction[13]

As a journalist, he also won two dozen different awards, mostly in Quebec and Canada.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Jean-Benoît Nadeau Bio". Nadeau & Barlow.
  2. ^ Jean-Benoît, Nadeau; Barlow, Julie. Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong. Naperville: Sourcebooks. pp. vii–xv. ISBN 1-4022-0045-5.
  3. ^ "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong". Nadeau & Barlow.
  4. ^ "The Story of French". Nadeau & Barlow.
  5. ^ "Le français n'a pas dit son dernier mot". France Culture.
  6. ^ "The Story of Spanish". Nadeau & Barlow.
  7. ^ Nadeau, Jean-Benoît (2002). Les Français aussi ont un accent'. Payot. ISBN 222889561X.
  8. ^ Nadeau, Jean-Benoît (2007). Le Guide du travailleur autonome (2 ed.). Montréal: Éditions Québec Amérique. ISBN 978-2-7644-0553-6.
  9. ^ Nadeau, Jean-Benoît (2007). Écrire pour vivre. Montréal: Éditions Québec Amérique. ISBN 978-2-7644-0541-3.
  10. ^ Nadeau, Jean-Benoît (2014). Les Accents circomplexes. Stanké. ISBN 9782760411319.
  11. ^ Nadeau, Jean-Benoît (2014). Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3.0 (3 ed.). Montreal: Éditions Québec Amérique. ISBN 978-2-7644-2489-6.
  12. ^ "Lauréats des prix 2011". Académie des sciences d'outre-mer.
  13. ^ . Quebec Writers' Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  14. ^ Nadeau, Jean-Benoît (2007). Écrire pour vivre. Montréal: Éditions Québec Amérique. pp. 407–408. ISBN 978-2-7644-0541-3.

Published works edit

  • 2003: Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong (Sourcebooks)
  • 2006: The Story of French (St. Martin's Press)
  • 2013: The Story of Spanish (St. Martin's Press)
  • 2016: The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed (St. Martin's Press)

In French only:

  • 2002: Les Français aussi ont un accent (Payot)
  • 2007: Écrire pour vivre (Québec Amérique)
  • 2014: Les Accents circomplexes (Stanké)
  • 2014: Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3.0, third edition (Québec Amérique)

External links edit

  • Official website  

December 02, 2023
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Jean Benoit Nadeau born in 1964 is a Canadian author journalist and lecturer and a Fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs Jean Benoit NadeauHe is the author of The Bonjour Effect and Sixty Million Frenchmen Can t Be Wrong which he co wrote with his wife Julie Barlow 1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Works in French 3 Awards 4 References 5 Published works 6 External linksBiography editBorn in Sherbrooke Quebec Jean Benoit Nadeau received a bachelor s degree from McGill University in 1992 where he majored in Political Science and History He began his journalism career in 1987 as a theatre critic for the Montreal cultural weekly Voir He is best known as a regular contributor to Canada s national French language magazine L actualite Since September 2014 he also writes a column for the French language Montreal daily Le Devoir In all he has published more than 1000 feature stories and columns 1 In 1993 he began writing in English for English Canadian magazines like Saturday Night Profit and Report on Business Magazine Over the years his byline has appeared in articles mostly op ed pieces in USA Today The New York Times The Christian Science Monitor The Toronto Star and The Wall Street Journal 1 In 1999 Nadeau was granted a two year fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs to travel to France and study the reasons why the French were resisting globalization 2 In 2003 he began to co author books with his wife Julie Barlow The first was Sixty Million Frenchmen Can t Be Wrong a book about the French people and their culture Published by Sourcebooks it was translated into French Pas si fous ces Francais Dutch and Chinese 3 There are two different Chinese translated editions one in traditional Chinese and the other in simplified Chinese In 2006 Nadeau and Barlow wrote The Story of French a history of the French language from its origins to its present evolution published by St Martin s Press This book was translated into Japanese In French it exists in two different versions It appeared in Quebec in 2007 under the title La Grande aventure de la langue francaise and in France in 2011 under the title Le francais quelle histoire The latter is an updated second edition of the book 4 This book was adapted into a two hour radio documentary Le francais n a pas dit son dernier mot French Language Has Not Said Its last Word broadcast by France Culture in July 2014 5 In 2010 Nadeau and his family spent six months in Phoenix Arizona to conduct research on his next book The Story of Spanish Written by Jean Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow The Story of Spanish is a book about the history of the Spanish language and is similar to The Story of French It was published by St Martin s Press 6 In 2013 2014 Nadeau and his family spent a year in Paris to research a new book on the French The Bonjour Effect The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed with coauthor Julie Barlow published by St Martin s Press in 2016 Works in French editJean Benoit Nadeau also wrote individually a number of books in French which have never been translated In 2002 Nadeau wrote Les Francais aussi ont un accent The French Also Have an Accent available only in French a quirky travelog on the experience of living in France It was published by the French publishing house Editions Payot 7 In 2007 Jean Benoit Nadeau published a second edition of his book Guide du travailleur autonome Guide for the Self Employed 8 as well as Ecrire pour vivre Live to Write 9 a practical guidebook on how to make a living from writing The books were published by Quebec Amerique In 2014 he published Les accents circomplexes The Circomplex Accents part essay part memoir of his culture shock upon returning to Canada first to Toronto and then to Montreal It was published by Stanke an imprint of Groupe Librex 10 Also in 2014 he published Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3 0 Guide for the Self Employed the third edition of a partly autobiographical book of advice to those who are self employed 11 A second edition of this book had been published in 2007 Awards edit2011 L Academie des Science d Outre Mer The Academy of Overseas Sciences Prix de la Renaissance Francaise French Renaissance Award 12 2007 Quebec Writer s Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Non Fiction 13 As a journalist he also won two dozen different awards mostly in Quebec and Canada 14 References edit a b c Jean Benoit Nadeau Bio Nadeau amp Barlow Jean Benoit Nadeau Barlow Julie Sixty Million Frenchmen Can t Be Wrong Naperville Sourcebooks pp vii xv ISBN 1 4022 0045 5 Sixty Million Frenchmen Can t Be Wrong Nadeau amp Barlow The Story of French Nadeau amp Barlow Le francais n a pas dit son dernier mot France Culture The Story of Spanish Nadeau amp Barlow Nadeau Jean Benoit 2002 Les Francais aussi ont un accent Payot ISBN 222889561X Nadeau Jean Benoit 2007 Le Guide du travailleur autonome 2 ed Montreal Editions Quebec Amerique ISBN 978 2 7644 0553 6 Nadeau Jean Benoit 2007 Ecrire pour vivre Montreal Editions Quebec Amerique ISBN 978 2 7644 0541 3 Nadeau Jean Benoit 2014 Les Accents circomplexes Stanke ISBN 9782760411319 Nadeau Jean Benoit 2014 Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3 0 3 ed Montreal Editions Quebec Amerique ISBN 978 2 7644 2489 6 Laureats des prix 2011 Academie des sciences d outre mer The QWF Literary Awards Quebec Writers Federation Archived from the original on 2014 10 31 Retrieved 2016 04 08 Nadeau Jean Benoit 2007 Ecrire pour vivre Montreal Editions Quebec Amerique pp 407 408 ISBN 978 2 7644 0541 3 Published works edit2003 Sixty Million Frenchmen Can t Be Wrong Sourcebooks 2006 The Story of French St Martin s Press 2013 The Story of Spanish St Martin s Press 2016 The Bonjour Effect The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed St Martin s Press In French only 2002 Les Francais aussi ont un accent Payot 2007 Ecrire pour vivre Quebec Amerique 2014 Les Accents circomplexes Stanke 2014 Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3 0 third edition Quebec Amerique External links 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