Rachel Leclerc

Rachel Leclerc (born July 9, 1955) is a Quebec poet and novelist.[1]

The daughter of Rose Aimee Landry and Germain Leclerc, she was born in Nouvelle on Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula.[1] Leclerc studied in Rimouski[2] and went on to earn a Master's degree in creative writing at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1985. In 1984, she published her first collection of poems Fugues.[1] Her poetry collection Les vies frontalières, published in 1991, received the Prix Émile-Nelligan and the Prix Jovette-Bernier and was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1994. Her collection Rabatteurs d'étoiles received the Prix Alain-Grandbois in 1995 and was included on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1994. Leclerc has also received the Prix littéraires Radio-Canada in 2006 and the Prix du Marché de la Poésie de Montréal in 2008.[2][3]

She published her first novel Noces de sable in 1995.[1] Her novel Ruelle Océan appeared on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 2001.[4]

Leclerc has also written articles for the literary journal Lettres Québécoises and has worked as an editor for television subtitles.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 New, William H, ed. (2002). Leclerc, Rachel. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. pp. 644–45. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
  2. 1 2 3 "Leclerc, Rachel" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  3. ↑ "Cumulative list of finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards" (PDF). Governor General's Literary Awards.
  4. ↑ "The kindest cut of all: The G-G's shortlist". Globe and Mail. October 24, 2001.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, January 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.