Claudine Bertrand

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Claudine Bertrand
Born (1948-07-04) 4 July 1948 (age 74)
Montreal
NationalityFrench

Claudine Bertrand (born 4 July 1948) is a Quebec educator and poet. [1]

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Life

Bertrand was born in Montreal [2] and studied at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she received a Master's degree in literary studies. Bertrand taught literature at college level from 1973. She contributed to a number of magazines, including Montréal now!, La Nouvelle Barre du jour, Les Écrits, Hobo- Québec, Possibles, Rampike, Moebius, Estuaire, Écritures, Tessera, Bacchanales and Acte Sud. In 1981, Bertrand founded the magazine Arcade, later recognized for its contributions to cultural exchange between Quebec and France. She created the Prix de la relève Arcade in 1991. She also contributed to the French literary magazines Le Jardin d'Essai, Travers and Pourtours. [1]

Awards and honours

In 1996, she was a finalist for the Grand Prix du Conseil des Arts de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal for her contributions to the Montreal cultural scene. In 1997, she received the Prix Femme de mérite, in the arts and culture section. [2] In 2010, she was awarded the Grand Prix international des poètes francophones for her collected work. [1]

Selected works

Poetry collections

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bertrand, Claudine". L'Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.(in French)
  2. 1 2 Claudine Bertrand, Guernica Editions, retrieved 22 December 2014
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