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Samuel Archibald

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Samuel Archibald

Canada

Samuel Archibald (b. 1978 in Arvida, Quebec) is a Canadian writer. He is best known for his short story collection Arvida, which won the Prix Coup de cœur Renaud-Bray in 2012. Its English translation by Donald Winkler is a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize....

He teaches contemporary popular culture at the University of Quebec in Montreal, where he lectures on genre fiction, horror movies, and video games, among other subjects.

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Articles by Samuel Archibald

New Fiction in Translation: 自害 (Jigai), Part 2
By Samuel Archibald & Donald Winkler
This is the second of two installments of Samuel Archibald’s “自害 (Jigai),” from the short story collection Arvida, forthcoming in the US by Biblioasis on November 24.…
New Fiction in Translation: 自害 (Jigai)
By Samuel Archibald & Donald Winkler
This is the first of two installments of Samuel Archibald’s “自害 (Jigai),” from the short story collection Arvida, forthcoming in the US from Biblioasis on November 24.…