Christiane Frenette (born November 18, 1954) is a Quebec educator and writer.[1]
The daughter of Pierrette Duchesne and Claude Frenette, she was born in Quebec City[2] and received a master's degree in Quebec literature from the Université Laval. Frenette taught literature at the Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon.[1]
Her collection of poetry Indigo nuit received the Prix Octave-Crémazie in 1986. She was awarded the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction for La Terre ferme in 1998;[1] that novel was translated into English as Terra Firma by Sheila Fischman in 1999.[2]
Selected works
edit- Cérémonie mémoire, poetry (1988), finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry[3]
- Le ciel s'arrête quelque part, poetry (1991)
- Après la nuit rouge (2006), finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award;[4] translated into English by Sheila Fischman as After the Red Night[3] and was nominated for a ReLit Award[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Frenette, Christiane" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
- ^ a b New, William H, ed. (2002). "Frenette, Christiane". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. p. 399. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
- ^ a b "Frenette, Christiane". Cormorant Books.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "The Canada Council for the Arts Announces Finalists for the 2005 Governor General's Literary Awards". Marketwired. October 17, 2005.
- ^ "Shortlists announced for ReLit Awards". National Post. August 31, 2010.