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Quebec poet and novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist.[1]
Louise Dupré | |
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Born | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada | 9 July 1949
Genres | Poetry, novels, plays, essays |
Notable awards | Prix Ringuet (1993), Governor's General Award (2011 and 2017) |
The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke[2] and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in literature from the latter institution. From 1981 to 1984, she was a member of the publishing collective Éditions du Remue-Ménage. In 1988, she became a member of the editorial committee for the magazine Voix et Images : Littérature québécoise; she served as director from 1995 to 1998. She taught at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1]
Her poetry collection La Peau familière (1983) received the Prix Alfred-DesRochers. In 1999, she was admitted to the Académie des lettres du Québec and, in 2002, to the Royal Society of Canada.[1]
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