Sergio Kokis (born May 6, 1944) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.
[1] He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for Les amants d'Alfama at the 2004 Governor General's Awards and for Culs-de-sac at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, and won the Prix Molson and the Prix Québec-Paris in 1994 for Le Pavillon des miroirs.
[1] Born and raised in Brazil, Kokis studied philosophy and psychology, but fled the country after the overthrow of President João Goulart in the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.
[1] He published his first novel, Le Pavillon des miroirs, in 1994,[2] and retired from his professional pursuits in 1997 to devote himself exclusively to writing and painting.
[1] As a writer, Kokis has primarily published novels, although he has also published several collections of short stories and a volume of poetry.