Adina Balint

Adina Balint is an Associate Professor of French Studies at the University of Winnipeg, Canada, within the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Her research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone literatures, transculturalism, and everyday life theories. She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto (2009) and has published extensively on topics including autofiction, ecocriticism, and intergenerational memory. Balint currently leads SSHRC-funded projects on climate uncertainty in literature and poetics of everyday life in Quebec and France.

Education:

• PhD in French Literature (2009), University of Toronto

Research Interests: French/Quebecois/Francophone literatures; autobiography/autofiction; transculturalism; literature and philosophy; ecopoetics; Canadian cultural studies; theories of everyday life.

Publications Highlights:

• Monograph: Imaginaires et représentations littéraires de la mobilité (2020)
• Edited volumes on transculturalism and everyday life aesthetics
• Key articles on Marie-Célie Agnant, Muriel Barbery, and J.M.G. Le Clézio

Awards & Grants: SSHRC grants for projects (2021-2027), editorial roles at Éditions du Blé and Voix Plurielles.

Labs/Teams: Research Group on Caribbean Literatures (GRELCA), Association des professeur.e.s des universités et collèges canadiens (APFUCC).