Nicole Brossard | |
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 Nicole Brossard at the award ceremony for the National Order of Quebec in June 2013 | |
| Born | November 27, 1943 |
| Nationality | French-Canadian |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Known for | Poet and novelist |
Nicole Brossard OC CQ (born November 27, 1943) is a French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist. [1] [2] Her work is known for exploration of feminist themes [3] and for challenging masculine-oriented language and points of view in French literature. [4]
Brossard was born in Montreal, Quebec. [5] She attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal.
Brossard wrote her first collection in 1965, Aube à la saison. [6] The collection L'Echo bouge beau marked a break in the evolution of her poetry that included an open and active participation in many literary and cultural events, including poetry recitals.
In 1975, she participated in a meeting of writers on women, after which she began to take an activist role in the feminist movement, [7] and to write poetry with a more personal and subjective tone. Her writing includes sensual, aesthetic and feminist political content.
Brossard co-founded a feminist newspaper, Les têtes de pioches, with France Théoret. [8] She wrote a play Le nef des sorcières (first performed in 1976).
In 1982, she founded a publishing house: L'Intégrale éditrice. [9] Brossard's poetry collection, Double Impression, won the 1984 Governor General's Award. [10] In 1987 her romance novel, Le désert mauve, was published. [11]
The Nicole Brossard archives are located in downtown Montreal at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. [12] and at Library and Archives Canada. [13]
In April 2019, Brossard was announced as the 2019 Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award recipient. [14]
