Nelly Arcan

Nelly Arcan (March 5, 1973 – September 24, 2009) was a Canadian novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic It was a finalist for both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina, She hanged herself. She had just finished writing her last book, , whose narrator is left disabled after a suicide attempt. She had attempted suicide previously. On September 3, 2009, three weeks before her death, Arcan published a story in her weekly column in the Quebec French-language weekly Ici magazine entitled "" ("Take Me, or You're Dead"), detailing an experience with a stalker.

She is buried in Québec's Eastern Townships. Lac-Mégantic's municipal library, assembled from many of the over a hundred thousand books donated after fire destroyed the original library during 2013's Lac-Mégantic derailment, is named « La Médiathèque municipale Nelly-Arcan » in her honour.

Director Anne Émond's 2016 film Nelly is based on Arcan's life, starring Mylène Mackay as Arcan in her adult career and Milya Corbeil Gauvreau as Arcan in childhood.