has a sense of "absurdist poetry" through his use of lists and technical asides. More than one of his characters becomes fascinated with consumer waste and either researching or reusing refuse. Travel and wanderlust are recurring topics throughout his works, as is loneliness. Dickner uses fragmented stories and alternating perspectives to build up the narrative in his novels. Awards L'encyclopédie du petit cercle 2001 - Prix littéraire Adrienne-Choquette 2001 - Prix Jovette-Bernier Nikolski 2006 - Prix des libraires 2006 - Prix littéraire des collégiens 2006 - Prix Anne-Hébert 2006 - Prix Printemps des Lecteurs–Lavinal 2008 - Governor General's Award for French to English translation 2010 - Winner of Canada Reads 2010 Six degrés de liberté 2015 - Governor General's Award for Fiction (French) References External links Nicolas Dickner 1972 births Canadian male novelists Canadian short story writers in French Writers from Quebec People from Rivière-du-Loup French Quebecers Living people Canadian novelists in French Canadian male short story writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian male writers Université Laval alumni Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers