Francine Allard
She was born in Verdun, Quebec and was educated at the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Institut Pédagogique Marguerite Bourgeoys in Westmount. She also studied at the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec. Allard served as secretary-treasurer of the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois and as president of the Association des écrivains québécois pour la jeunesse.
Francine Allard
- Name
- Francine Allard
- Born
- 16 October 1949
- Birthplace
- Verdun, Quebec, Canada
- Occupation
- * Educator
- Education
- Université du Québec à Montréal Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec
- Nationality
- Canada
- Fields
- young adult · children's · essay
- Languages
- French
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She was born in Verdun, Quebec and was educated at the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Institut Pédagogique Marguerite Bourgeoys in Westmount. She also studied at the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec. Allard served as secretary-treasurer of the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois and as president of the Association des écrivains québécois pour la jeunesse.
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She helped establish the Prix Cécile Gagnon to encourage the development of literature for young people. She has contributed to various literary magazines such as CV2, Moebius, Brèves, Art le Sabord and Nuit Blanche.
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• Name — Francine Allard • Born — 16 October 1949 • Birthplace — Verdun, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — * Educator • novelist • poet • visual artist • Education — Université du Québec à Montréal Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec
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Selected works
Source: • Ma Belle Pitoune en or, novel (1993) • Le Mal mystérieux de la salamandre à quatre orteils, young adult novel (1995) • Babyboom blues, stories (1997) • Deux Petits Ours au milieu de la tornade, young adult novel (1999) • Les Mains si blanches de Pye Chang, novel (2000) • Le Cri du silence, novel (2002) • Ambroise, bric-à-brac, young adult novel (2004) • Au bout du quai, poetry (2008) • La couturière: Les aiguilles du temps (2008), La vengeance de la veuve noire (2009), La persistance du romarin (2010), trilogy • L'âme inconsciente du pétoncle, poetry (2012)
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- 1.Recherche - L'Île. recif.litterature.org.
- 2.On ne confine pas l’imaginaire. Nord Info - Journal de la ville de Blainville, Ste-Thérèse et les environs sur la rive-nord. 2021-03-07.
- 3.Monique Noël-Gaudreault. Comment Francine Allard a écrit certains de ses livres. Québec français. 2010. p. 109-110.
- 4.Claire Pimparé prononcera une conférence. Journal L'Éveil de Saint-Eustache. 2009-11-20.
- 5.Cabrioles et ritournelles.
- 6.Allard, Francine Éditions Planète rebelle. www.planeterebelle.qc.ca.
- 7.Salon du livre de l’OutaouaisLe Vaisseau d’ArtsGabrielle: un succès Solovox, soirée de poésieJamais sans mon livreLa Construction de l’éternité à Études françaises. Voir.ca.
- 8.Grands Prix de la culture. Culture Laurentides.
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