Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born May 27, 1930) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. [1] [2]
Ouellette-Michalska was born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec. She studied arts at the Université de Montréal, the Université du Québec and the Université de Sherbrooke, where she received a PhD degree in 1987.
Ouellette-Michalska began writing professionally in the 1960s. One of her well-known works is the 1984 novel La Maison Trestler, [3] [4] a work of historical fiction. [5] Her diary, La Tentation de dire, was published in 1985 and broadcast on CBC Radio-Canada. [6]
As well as fiction, Ouellette-Michalska also published a number of essays, including L'Amour de la carte postale in 1987. [7] She has contributed as a journalist to publications such as Perspectives and Le Devoir .
Ouellette-Michalska's sixth novel, L'Ete de l'ile de grace, won the 1993 France-Quebec literary prize. [8]
Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (touche-à-tout), Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.
This is an article about literature in Quebec.
Lise Bissonnette is a Canadian writer and journalist.
Élise Turcotte is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently resides. Her writing has won much praise, and among other things she has won the Grand Prix de Poésie, as well as the 2003 Governor General's Award for her novel La Maison étrangère and the Prix Émile-Nelligan for La voix de Carla in 1987 and for La terre est ici in 1989.
Yves Beauchemin is a Quebec novelist.
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The Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers.
Madeleine Monette is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, and poet from Quebec.
The Prix Ringuet is a Canadian literary award, presented each year by the Académie des lettres du Québec to an author from Quebec for a book of French-language fiction. First presented in 1983 as the Prix Molson, the award was later renamed for novelist Philippe Panneton, who wrote under the pen name Ringuet and was a founding member of the Académie.
Carole David is a Quebec poet and novelist.
Monique LaRue is a Quebec writer.
Danielle Fournier is a Quebec educator and writer.
Madeleine Gagnon is a Quebec educator, literary critic and writer.
Anne Élaine Cliche is a Canadian writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
Philippe Vilain is a French man of letters, writer, essayist, doctor of modern literature of the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.
France Théoret is a Canadian feminist, author, poet, and teacher.
François Gravel is a Canadian writer from Quebec. Most noted as an author of literature for children and young adults, he has also published a number of adult novels.
Nicholas Dawson is a Canadian writer from Quebec, most noted for his 2020 book Désormais, ma demeure.
Stéfani Meunier is a Canadian writer from Quebec, whose novel Une carte postale de lʼocéan was a shortlisted Governor General's Award nominee for French-language fiction at the 2023 Governor General's Awards.