Gracia Couturier

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Gracia Couturier
Born (1951-08-14) August 14, 1951 (age 72)
Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation
  • Educator
  • writer
Education Université de Moncton (BEd)

Gracia Couturier (born August 14, 1951) is a Canadian educator and writer. [1]

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She was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick. She has lived in Moncton since the 1970s. [1] Couturier received a BEd from the Université de Moncton. She taught school for several years and completed a master's degree in French literature in 1994. [2]

She was a founding member of the Théâtre l'Escaouette in Moncton and was founding director of Théâtre de saisons du Centre universitaire de Shippagan. [3] Her work includes children's literature, novels, plays and haiku. [1] Couturier has also worked as a script writer and researcher for Radio-Canada. [3]

Selected works

Children's literature

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Novels

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Plays

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