Monique Nemni

Monique Esther Nemni (March 27, 1936 – 2 November 2022) was an Egyptian-born 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
Born	1935/1936 Cairo, Egypt
Died	2 November 2022 (aged 86) Naples, Italy
Occupation	Linguist, biographer
Nationality	Canadian
Notable works	Young Trudeau Trudeau Transformed
Spouse	Max Nemni

Nemni was a professor of linguistics at the Université du Québec à Montréal,^[2] and a 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.

Nemni died of a heart attack in Naples, on 2 November 2022, at the age of 86.^[5]

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" 10 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, 23 April 2012.
2. "History texts biased, linguist charges: Quebec program said to underplay federalist themes". Montreal Gazette, 16 May 1996.
3. "Cite Libre division on display". Montreal Gazette, 26 March 1996.
4. "Biography of Trudeau's youth wins Shaughnessy Cohen prize". CBC News, 28 February 2007.
5. "Nemni, Monique Esther". La Presse (in French). 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.