Judy Quinn

Judy Quinn
Born	1974 (1974) Quebec City, Quebec
Genre	poetry, novel

Judy Quinn (born 1974) is a Canadian writer and editor living in Quebec. ^[1]

Biography

She was born in Quebec City and studied literature at the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail in France. She is literary critic and editor for the literary journal Nuit blanche. ^[2] She also has contributed to various publications including Le Devoir . ^[1]

Quinn published three collections of poetry: L'émondé (2008), Six heures vingt (2010) and Les damnés inflationnistes' (2012). She received the Prix littéraires Radio-Canada  [ fr ] and the Prix Félix-Antoine-Savard  [ fr ] for her poetry. In 2012, she published a novel Hunter s'est laissé couler which received the Prix Robert-Cliche; it was also a finalist for the Grand prix littéraire Archambault  [ fr ]. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2013, she was writer in residence at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris. ^[2]

References

1. "Documentaire - Yvon Deschamps et sa messe sans dieu". Le Devoir (in French). November 14, 2012.
2. "L'auteure Québecoise Judy Quinn en résidence à Paris" (PDF) (in French). L'Institut Canadien de Québec.
3. Bornais, Marie-France (31 August 2012). "La force poétique de Judy Quinn". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2016.