Louise Cotnoir (born December 6, 1948) is a Canadian writer living in
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
.
Biography
She was born in
Sorel and received a bachelor's degree in literary studies from the
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal (English: University of Quebec in Montreal), also known as UQAM, is a French-language public university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the Université du Qué ...
and a master's degree in medieval studies from the
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...
. She taught literature at the
Cégep de Thetford from 1973 until she retired in 2007.
[
In 1993, she published her first collection of short stories ''La déconvenue''; it received special mention by the jury for the Grand Prix de la nouvelle at the . It was also a finalist for the . Her 1996 collection of poetry ''Dis-moi que j'imagine'' was a finalist for the ]Governor General's Award for French-language poetry
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided.
Winners and nominees
1980s
1990s
2000s
...
and for the Prix Alain-Grandbois
The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry. .Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
, Swedish, Finnish and Chinese.[
With her spouse , she was co-director for ' from 1981 to 1984. She was a member of the editorial board for the Canadian bilingual journal ''Tessera'' from 1989 to 1993. Cotnoir contributed to and served on the editorial board for the journal ''Arcade''. She also has contributed to various Canadian and European periodicals including ', ''Estuaire'', ''Lèvres urbaines'', '', ''Trivia'', '' El Ciervo'', ''Cahiers internationaux du symbolisme'' and '' Room of One's Own''.][
]
Selected works[ ]
* ''Si Cendrillon pouvait mourir'', play (1980)
* ''Plusieures'', poetry (1984)
* '' Les Rendez-vous par correspondance'', poetry (1984)
* ''L'audace des mains'', poetry (1987)
* ''Comme une chienne à la mort'', poetry (1987)
* ''La théorie, un dimanche'', "collaborative feminist poetics text" (1988), translated into English as ''Theory, A Sunday'', with Louky Bersianik, Nicole Brossard
Nicole Brossard (born November 27, 1943) is a leading French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist. Her work is known for exploration of feminist themes and for challenging masculine-oriented language and points of view in French literature.
Sh ...
, Gail Scott, Louise Dupré
Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist.
The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in li ...
and France Théoret[
* ''Le Cahier des villes'', short stories (2009)
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cotnoir, Louise
1948 births
Living people
Université du Québec à Montréal alumni
Université de Montréal alumni
Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
Canadian women poets
Canadian women short story writers
French Quebecers
People from Sorel-Tracy