nationality notableworks period spouse article_title name occupation
canadian '' young trudeau '' , '' trudeau transformed '' 1990s-present max nemni monique nemni
 monique nemni linguist , biographer
monique nemni

monique nemni -lrb- born 1936 -rrb- is a canadian linguist and writer , best known for a series of biographies of former prime minister of canada pierre trudeau which she cowrote with her husband max nemni .
she is a retired professor of linguistics at the université du québec à montréal , and a former coeditor of `` cité libre '' .
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 .
the second volume , `` trudeau transformed : the shaping of a statesman , 1944-1965 '' , was a shortlisted nominee for the same award in 2011 .
a third volume , focusing on trudeau 's career in elected politics after 1965 , is slated for future publication .
