Élise Turcotte
Illustration — Élise Turcotte Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957) is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently resides.
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Élise Turcotte

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- 1957 · Sorel‐Tracy.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet · writer · novelist · literary scholar · university teacher · man of letters
- Fields
- Canadian literature in French · literary studies · literature · poetry
- Education
- University of Sherbrooke · Université du Québec à Montréal
- Honours
- prix Émile-Nelligan · Governor General's Award for French-language fiction · Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature · Prix Athanase-David · Grand prix du livre de Montréal
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Élise Turcotte Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957) is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently resides.
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Élise Turcotte (born 1957) is a Canadian literary scholar, man of letters and novelist, among other activities. The literary scholar was born in Sorel‐Tracy.
Élise Turcotte studied at Université du Québec à Montréal and University of Sherbrooke. The literary scholar is active in Canadian literature in French, literary studies and literature.
Languages used include French. Élise Turcotte received Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature, Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and Grand prix du livre de Montréal, among others.
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Her writing has won much praise, and among other things she has won the Grand Prix de Poésie, as well as the 2003 Governor General's Award for her novel La Maison étrangère and the Prix Émile-Nelligan for La voix de Carla in 1987 and for La terre est ici in 1989.
Élise Turcotte studied at University of Sherbrooke and Université du Québec à Montréal. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is Canadian literature in French, literary studies and literature. Distinctions recorded are prix Émile-Nelligan, Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature and Prix Athanase-David.
• Le Bruit des choses vivantes, Leméac, Montréal / Actes sud, Arles, 1991 • L'Île de la Merci, Leméac, Montréal, 1997 • La Maison étrangère, Leméac, Montréal, 2002 • Pourquoi faire une maison avec ses morts, Leméac, Montréal, 2007 • Guyana, Leméac, Montréal, 2011 • Le Parfum de la tubéreuse, Éditions Alto, Québec, 2015 • L'Apparition du chevreuil, Éditions Alto, Québec, 2019 • Autoportrait d'une autre, Éditions Alto, Québec, 2023
Poetry
Poetry
• Dans le delta de la nuit, Les Écrits des forges, Trois-Rivières, 1982 • Navires de guerre, Les Écrits des forges, Trois-Rivières, 1984 • La Catastrophe, avec Louise Desjardins, NBJ, Montréal, 1985 • La Voix de Carla, VLB, Montréal, 1987 • Sombre Ménagerie, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2002 • La terre est ici, VLB, Montréal, 2003 • Piano mélancolique, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2005 • Ce qu'elle voit, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2010 • La forme du jour, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2016 • À mon retour, éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2022
Essays
Essays
• Autobiographie de l'esprit, La Mèche, Montréal, 2013
Novels
Novels
• Les Cahiers d'Annette, La courte échelle, Montréal, 1998 • La Leçon d'Annette, La courte échelle, Montréal, 1999 • Annette et le vol de nuit, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2000 • Le Meilleur Ennemi d'Annette, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2006
Poetry
Poetry
• Voyages autour de mon lit, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2002 • Rose: derrière le rideau de la folie, La courte échelle, Montréal, 2009
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1957
Élise Turcotte was born on 26 June 1957.
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• Caravane, Bibliothèque québécoise, Montréal, 1994
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• 1987: Prix Émile-Nelligan for La voix de Carla • 1989: Prix Émile-Nelligan for La Terre est ici • 1992: Prix Louis-Hémon for Le Bruit des choses vivantes • 2002: Grand Prix du Festival international de la poésie • 2003: Governor General's Award for French-language fiction for La Maison étrangère • 2010: Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature for Rose: derrière le rideau de la folie • 2011: Grand Prix du livre de Montréal for Guyana • 2021: Prix Ringuet for L'apparition du chevreuil • 2024: Prix Athanase-David

Élise Turcotte photographed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada inside Quai Des Brumes.
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Recognition and collections. Élise Turcotte received prix Émile-Nelligan, Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature, Prix Athanase-David and Grand prix du livre de Montréal.
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