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Élise Turcotte

Élise Turcotte

Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957 in Sorel, Quebec) 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,[1] and among other things she has won the Grand Prix de Poésie,[2] 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.

Works

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Novels

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  • Le Bruit des choses vivantes, Leméac, Montréal / Actes sud, Arles, 1991
  • L'Île de la Merci, Leméac, Montréal, 1997
  • La Maison étrangère, Leméac, Montréal, 2002
  • Pourquoi faire une maison avec ses morts, Leméac, Montréal, 2007
  • Guyana, Leméac, Montréal, 2011
  • Le Parfum de la tubéreuse, Éditions Alto, Québec, 2015
  • L'Apparition du chevreuil, Éditions Alto, Québec, 2019
  • Autoportrait d'une autre, Éditions Alto, Québec, 2023

Short story collections

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  • Caravane, Bibliothèque québécoise, Montréal, 1994

Poetry

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  • Dans le delta de la nuit, Les Écrits des forges, Trois-Rivières, 1982
  • Navires de guerre, Les Écrits des forges, Trois-Rivières, 1984
  • La Catastrophe, avec Louise Desjardins, NBJ, Montréal, 1985
  • La Voix de Carla, VLB, Montréal, 1987
  • Sombre Ménagerie, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2002
  • La terre est ici, VLB, Montréal, 2003
  • Piano mélancolique, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2005
  • Ce qu'elle voit, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2010
  • La forme du jour, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2016
  • À mon retour, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2022

Essays

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  • Autobiographie de l'esprit, La Mèche, Montréal, 2013

Children's literature

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Novels

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  • Les Cahiers d'Annette, La courte échelle, Montréal, 1998
  • La Leçon d'Annette, La courte échelle, Montréal, 1999
  • Annette et le vol de nuit, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2000
  • Le Meilleur Ennemi d'Annette, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2006

Poetry

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  • Voyages autour de mon lit, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2002
  • Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2009

Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Turcotte, Élise". 2 Seas Foreign Rights Catalog. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Vie littéraire - Une ville en émoi". Le Devoir (in French). 5 October 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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