Max Nemni

Max Nemni
Occupation political scientist, biographer
Nationality Canadian
Period 1990s-present
Notable works Young Trudeau, Trudeau Transformed
Spouse Monique Nemni

Max Nemni is a Canadian political scientist and writer, best known for a series of biographies of former Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau which he cowrote with his wife Monique Nemni.[1]

He is a retired professor of political science at Université Laval,[2] and a former 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.

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. 1 2 "The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Max and Monique Nemni". Open Book Toronto, April 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Unity crisis spawns flood of books". Montreal Gazette, January 8, 1992.
  3. ↑ "Cite Libre division on display". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 1996.
  4. ↑ "Biography of Trudeau's youth wins Shaughnessy Cohen prize". CBC News, February 28, 2007.
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