France Daigle (born 18 November 1953) is a Canadian author of Acadian ethnicity. Born and raised in
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...
,
New Brunswick
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, she has published nine novels and three plays. She writes in French and has pioneered the use of the
Chiac in her written dialogue. She uses standard French in her narration.
She was awarded the 1999
France-Acadie award for her novel ''Pas Pire'' and the 2002
Éloize award for ''Un fin passage.'' She has written three plays with the avant garde theatre company Moncton Sable. She was formerly writer in residence at the
University of Ottawa
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.
Daigle was awarded the 2011
Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts for French Language Literary Arts. The following year she won the
Governor General's Literary Prize in French fiction for her novel ''Pour sûr'', the result of ten years of work.
''Pour sûr'' was selected for the 2019 edition of ''
Le Combat des livres
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'', where it was defended by musician
Édith Butler.
["5 combattants dans le ring du Combat national des livres"]
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Publications
* ''Sans jamais parler du vent'', (1983)
* ''Film d'amour et de dépendance'', (1984)
* ''Histoire de la maison qui brûle'', (1985)
* ''La Vraie Vie'', (1993)
** ''Real Life''
* ''1953: La Chronique d'une naissance annoncée'', (1995)
** ''1953: Chronicle Of A Birth Foretold''
* ''Pas pire'' (1998)
** ''Just Fine'' (tr
Robert Majzels, 1999, Anasi Press, winner of the
, 2000)
* ''Un fin passage'' (2001)
** ''A Fine Passage'' (tr Robert Majzels, 2001) (shortlisted for
The ReLit Awards, 2003)
* ''Petites difficultés d'existence'' (2002)
** ''Life's Little Difficulties'' (tr Robert Majzels, 2004)
* ''Pour Sûr'' (2011), winner of the
Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit for French fiction, 2012
** ''For Sure'' (tr Robert Majzels, 2013)
* ''Poèmes pour les vieux couples'' (2016)
Theatrical works
* ''Moncton sable'' (1997) Moncton Sable Theatre
* ''Craie'' (1999) Moncton Sable Theatre
* ''Foin'' (2000) presented by Moncton Sable Theatre
References
External links
Fonds France Daigle (R12025)at
Library and Archives Canada
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Canadian women novelists
Journalists from New Brunswick
Writers from Moncton
Living people
1953 births
Governor General's Award–winning fiction writers
20th-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
Canadian novelists in French
Canadian women non-fiction writers
Novelists from New Brunswick