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poet from
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. She won the
Governor General's Award for French-language poetry
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Winners and nominees
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2020 Governor General's Awards
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2007 Governor General's Awards
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Montreal Gazette
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'', October 7, 2015. and won the
Prix Alain-Grandbois
The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry.
in 2001 for ''Les tables''.
Selected works
* ''Poèmes du lendemain'' ("Poems from the following day") (1993)
* ''Les murs clairs'' ("The clear walls") (1996)
* ''Doublures'' ("Stuffings") (1998)
* ''Orbites'' ("Eye-sockets") (2000)
* ''Les tables'' ("The Tables") (2001)
* ''Les mélancolies'' ("The Wistful Sadnesses") (2003)
* ''Que ferais-je du jour'' ("What Would I Make of the Day") (2005)
* ''Les manivelles'' ("Cranks") (2006)
* ''L'amour des objets'' ("The Love of the Objects") (2009)
* ''Je demande pardon à l'espèce qui brille'' ("I Beg Forgiveness of the Shining Species") (2010)
* ''Le ciel n'est qu'un détour à brûler'' ("The Sky is Just a Bend to Burn") (2010)
* ''Des lames entières'' ("Some Whole Blades") (2011)
* ''Des voix stridentes ou rompues'' (Some Voices either Shrill or Broken") (2013)
* ''Tête première / Dos / Contre dos'' ("First Head / Back / Against Back") (2015)
See also
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Canadian literature
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Canadian poetry
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List of Canadian poets
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* Donald Alarie
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* Olivar Asselin
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