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

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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