Gloria Escomel

Gloria Escomel (born October 15, 1941 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Canadian writer.[1] She first moved from Uruguay to France in 1960 to study literature at the Université de Paris,[1] later moving to Canada to pursue her doctorate at the Université de Montréal.[1]

She was a lecturer at the Université du Québec à Montréal from 1978 to 1988, and wrote as a journalist for publications including Châtelaine, L'Actualité, Perspectives, La Gazette des femmes, Le Devoir, La Liberté and La Nouvelle barre du jour.[1] She received the Judith Jasmin Award in 1988 for her Gazette article "Quelle vieillesse vous préparez-vous: un âge d'or ou d'argent?"[1]

She has also published novels, short stories and radio plays for Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne,[1] as well as numerous policy documents for the Government of Quebec on disability, LGBT and human rights issues.

She is an out lesbian.[2]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bill Marshall, Will Kaufman, Cristina Johnston, eds. France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. p. 418. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1851094113.
  2. W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (chapter "Gay and Lesbian Writing", pp. 418-422). University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619.
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