Flora Balzano

Flora Balzano
Born	(1951-05-24) 24 May 1951 (age 74) Algiers, Algeria
Occupations	Writer voice actor
Writing career
Notable awards	Finalist for Governor General's Award 1991 Soigne ta chute

Flora Balzano (born 24 May 1951 in Algiers) ^[1] is a Canadian writer and comedian, best known for her novel Soigne ta chute, which has been the subject of academic study. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [1] [9]} She was a finalist of the 1991 Governor General's Awards for having written the novel Soigne ta chute. In addition, she had a career in voice acting, with one of her main roles being Martin Prince in the Québec version of The Simpsons.

Writings

Novel

• Soigne ta chute, Montréal, XYZ editor, "Romanichels" collection, 1991. 120 pages. ( ISBN   9782892610475)

Short stories

• Quatre nouvelles (1988)
• La Première Fois (1989)
• Terre de mes aïeux (1990)
• Chantemé (1991)
• La Croûte (1992)
• Encore pas un roman (1992)
• C'est la sève qui compte (1992)
• Des couilles (1992)

Honours and awards

• 1991 : Finalist, Governor General's Awards.

References

1. Hawley, John Charles (2001). Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies . Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p.  369.
2. Jutras, Jessica (2009). Soigne ta chute de Flora Balzano une oeuvre autofictive? ; suivi de Racinographie (masters thesis) (in French). Trois-Rivières: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
3. DOMPIERRE, Nathalie. Analyse sociopoétique du roman Soigne Ta chute de Flora Balzano.Thèse (M.A.)--Université Laval, 1995. Bibliogr.: f. [137]-140. (external link)
4. "Books in Canada - Review". www.booksincanada.com. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
5. SEBKHI, Habiba. Littérature(s) issue(s) de l'immigration en France et au Québec. PhD Thesis. 2000.http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ58186.pdf
6. Gould, Karen L. (2003). "Nationalism, Feminism, Cultural Pluralism: American Interest in Quebec Literature and Culture" . Yale French Studies (103): 24–32. doi:10.2307/3182531. ISSN   0044-0078.
7. "eScholarship@McGill". escholarship.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
8. Sugars, Cynthia Conchita (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature. Oxford University Press.
9. Morra, Linda M. (2015). "Regenerations: Canadian Women's Writing/Régénérations: Écriture des Femmes au Canada ed. by Marie Carrière and Patricia Demers (review)" . ESC: English Studies in Canada. 41 (2): 217–220. doi:10.1353/esc.2015.0036. ISSN   1913-4835. S2CID   162486953.