Max Nemni
Max Nemni | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1935 |
| Died | August 29, 2024 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Political scientist, biographer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1990s–2024 |
| Notable works | Young Trudeau, Trudeau Transformed |
| Spouse |
Monique Nemni (died 2022) |
Max Nemni (June 13, 1935 – August 29, 2024) was 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.
He was a professor of political science at Université Laval, and a 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.
Nemni died on August 29, 2024, at the age of 89.