# Max Nemni

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{{Short description|Canadian political scientist and writer (1935–2024)}}
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| name = Max Nemni
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1935|06|13}}
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| death_date   = {{death date and age|2024|08|29|1935|06|13}}
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| occupation   = Political scientist, biographer
| period       = 1990s–2024
| nationality  = Canadian
| notableworks = ''[Young Trudeau](/source/Young_Trudeau)'', ''Trudeau Transformed''
| spouse       = {{Marriage|Monique Nemni||2022|end=d}}
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'''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](/source/Pierre_Trudeau) which he cowrote with his wife [Monique Nemni](/source/Monique_Nemni).<ref name=openbook>[http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/shaughnessy_cohen_prize_series_with_max_and_monique_nemni "The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Series, with Max and Monique Nemni"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210054949/http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/shaughnessy_cohen_prize_series_with_max_and_monique_nemni |date=2015-02-10 }}. ''Open Book Toronto'', April 23, 2012.</ref>

He was a professor of political science at [Université Laval](/source/Universit%C3%A9_Laval),<ref>"Unity crisis spawns flood of books". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', January 8, 1992.</ref> and a coeditor of ''[Cité Libre](/source/Cit%C3%A9_Libre)''.<ref>"Cite Libre division on display". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', March 26, 1996.</ref>

The first volume of the Trudeau biography, ''[Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944](/source/Young_Trudeau)'', won the [Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing](/source/Shaughnessy_Cohen_Prize_for_Political_Writing) in 2006.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/biography-of-trudeau-s-youth-wins-shaughnessy-cohen-prize-1.683938 "Biography of Trudeau's youth wins Shaughnessy Cohen prize"]. [CBC News](/source/CBC_News), February 28, 2007.</ref> The second volume, ''Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965'', was a shortlisted nominee for the same award in 2011.<ref name=openbook /> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Max Nemni |url=https://obituaries.thestar.com/obituary/max-nemni-1090717107 |access-date=7 September 2024 |publisher=Toronto Star |date=7 September 2024}}</ref>

==Works==
*''[Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944](/source/Young_Trudeau)'' (2006, {{ISBN|978-0771067495}})
*''Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965'' (2011, {{ISBN|978-0771051258}})

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