Jocelyne Felx (born January 2, 1949) is a Quebec literary critic and writer. [1]
The daughter of Jeanne d'Arc Marleau and Laurier Chartrand, [2] she was born in Saint-Lazare de Vaudreuil and studied French literature at the Université de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. [1] In 1975, she published her first novel Les vierges folles. [2] Felx has contributed essays and critical writing to various literary magazines and has been a poetry critic for Lettres québécoises.
In 1982, she received the Prix Émile-Nelligan for Orpailleuse. Felx was awarded the Prix de littérature Gérald-Godin for her collection Les Pavages du désert. In 1995, La Pierre et les heures was included on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry. [1]