France Boisvert

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France Boisvert
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Born (1959-06-10) June 10, 1959 (age 64)
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Nationality Canadian

France Boisvert (born June 10, 1959) is a Quebec educator and writer. [1]

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Life

She was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec and received a bachelor's and master's degree in French studies at the Université de Sherbrooke and a PhD from the Université de Montréal. [2] She taught literature at the Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse. She was a member of Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ) and served on its board of directors. [1]

Boisvert helped launch the literary radio program Au pays des Livres and served as its host. Her poems and essays appeared in various literary journals, such as NBJ, Moebius, Arcade, Liberté, Ruptures - La revue des Trois Amériques, Revue Trois, Littéréalité and La Vie en Rose. From September 2012 to September 2016, she get a radio show named Le Pays des Livres on Radio VM at Montreal.

Selected works

Source: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "France Boisvert". Réseau collégial du Québec.(in French)
  2. "Boisvert, France". L'Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.(in French)