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Maxime Raymond Bock

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Maxime Raymond Bock
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationWriter
Period2011–present
Notable worksLes noyades secondaires

Maxime Raymond Bock (born 1981) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his 2017 short story collection Les noyades secondaires, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[2]

His debut short story collection Atavismes was published in 2011, and won the Prix Adrienne-Choquette in 2012.[3] He followed up with the novellas Rosemont de profil in 2013 and Des lames de pierre in 2015.[3] Both Atavismes and Des lames de pierre have been published in English translation, as Atavisms (2015)[4] and Baloney (2016).[5]

A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal, he is currently a doctoral student at the Université de Montréal.

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