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Dominique Demers | |
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| Born | 23 November 1956 Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Children's literature, fiction |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Dominique Demers (born 23 November 1956) is a French-Canadian novelist, best renowned for her Mlle Charlotte novel series. She holds a PhD in children's literature.
When Demers was seventeen, she moved to Montreal and enrolled at McGill University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in children's literature. She went on to obtain a master's degree at the University of Québec and a doctorate at Université de Sherbrooke, both in the field of children's literature. Demers also contributed to a postdoctoral study concerning children and the media for the Université de Montréal. She taught at the Collège Charles-Lemoyne. [1]
For fifteen years, Demers worked under L'actualité, Châtelaine, and Le Devoir as a journalist, where her contributions earned her the Judith-Jasmin Award in 1987. In 1991, Demers wrote her first novel, a children's novel titled Dominique Picotée. The first of the "Alexis" series, the story of the novel was based on her three children: Simon, Alexis, and Marie.
Marie-Tempête was adapted into a television movie in 1998, dubbed Un hiver de tourmente, directed by Bernard Favre. Two of her later novels, La nouvelle Maîtresse and La Mystérieuse Bibliothécaire, were adapted into a film in 2002 as La mystérieuse mademoiselle C. The film was directed by Richard Ciupka, with the screenplay written by Demers. A sequel, L'incomparable mademoiselle C., followed in 2004 and is based on Une bien curieuse factrice and Une drôle de ministre. There have also been plans to Maïna on the big screen.
For Radio-Canada, Demers hosted a children's show called Dominique raconte..., where she read approximately 150 books to young viewers. The show ran for three seasons under Téléfiction.
In 1997, the Université de Sherbrooke bestowed upon her the position of Ambassador. [2] In 2003, she was the first literary personality to be honoured by the Université du Québec à Montreal's Faculty of Letters and Communication. Demers was also awarded the Order of Canada in 2004. [3] She was nominated numerous times for the Governor General's Award in 1992, 1993, and 1997.
She currently resides in Montreal with her husband, and spends her time writing in Laurentides.
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