Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarians ( or if female, sometimes known as ''Ontarois'' and ''Ontaroises'') are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2021, according to the Government of Ontario, ther ...
writer and visual artist.
She was born in
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
and studied at
Carleton University
Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...
and
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus ...
. She taught French as a second language for the Canadian Public Service from 1975 to 1979. After 1979, she worked as an editor for the Canadian national museums.
Christensen published a collection of poetry ''Le Châtiment d'Orphée'' in 1990. She published ''La Femme sauvage'' in 1996 and ''Le Livre des ombres'' in 1998. In 1999, in collaboration with poet Jacques Flamand, she published ''Lithochronos ou le premier vol de la pierre'' in 1999, which was awarded the
Trillium Book Award
The Trillium Book Award ( or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency (Ontario), Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is overseen by ...
. Also with Jacques Flamand, she published translations in French of poetry by
Christopher Levenson
Christopher Levenson (born February 13, 1934, in London, England) is a Canadian poet.
Life
Levenson was educated at Harrow County Grammar School for Boys and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English under F.R.Leavis. He later received a ...
,
Joe Rosenblatt
Joseph Rosenblatt (December 26, 1933 – March 11, 2019) was a Canadian poet who lived in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. He won Canada's Governor-General's Award and British Columbia's B.C. Book Prize for poetry.Nadine McInnis.
Her novel ''Depuis toujours, j'entendais la mer'', published in 2007, was awarded the . the Prix de la ville d'Ottawa, the Prix littéraire Le Droit and the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen.