Louise Dupré
Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist. • Illustration — Louise Dupré in Montreal in 2016 The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in literature from the latter institution. From 1981 to 1984, she was a member of the publishing collective Éditions du Remue-Ménage. In 1988, she became a member of the editorial committee for the magazine Voix et Images: Littérature québécoise; she served as director from 1995 to 1998.
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- Name
- Louise Dupré
- Born
- 9 July 1949
- Birthplace
- Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Awards
- Prix Ringuet (1993), Governor's General Award (2011 and 2017)
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Occupation
- poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and writer.
- Education
- Université de Montréal and University of Sherbrooke.
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, Member of the Order of Canada and Vénus Khoury-Ghata Award.
- Languages
- French.
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Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist. • Illustration — Louise Dupré in Montreal in 2016 The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in literature from the latter institution. From 1981 to 1984, she was a member of the publishing collective Éditions du Remue-Ménage. In 1988, she became a member of the editorial committee for the magazine Voix et Images: Littérature québécoise; she served as director from 1995 to 1998.
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She taught at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her poetry collection La Peau familière (1983) received the Prix Alfred-DesRochers. In 1999, she was admitted to the Académie des lettres du Québec and, in 2002, to the Royal Society of Canada.
Louise Dupré studied at Université de Montréal and University of Sherbrooke. The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, Member of the Order of Canada and Vénus Khoury-Ghata Award.
Quebec poet Louise Dupré signing the new edition of her collection "Tout près" at her publisher's booth, les Éditions du Noroît, during the French book fair le Marché de la Poésie, in Paris, Place Saint Sulpice, on June 20th 2024.
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• Name — Louise Dupré • Born — 9 July 1949 • Birthplace — Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada • Genres — Poetry, novels, plays, essays • Awards — Prix Ringuet (1993), Governor's General Award (2011 and 2017)
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Poetry
Poetry
• Noir déjà, poetry (1993), received the Grand Prix de poésie from the Festival international de Trois-Rivières • Tout près, Éditions du Noroît, Saint-Hippolyte, 1998, 93 p. New ed. 2021. • Tout comme elle, play (2006), received the Critics' prize for 2005–2006 in the category Montreal from the Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre • Plus haut que les flammes (2011), received the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry and the Grand Prix Québécor from the Festival international de la poésie • La Main hantée (2017) won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry • Exercices de joie, Éditions du Noroît, Montréal, 2022, 144 p. • Bleu cendres (ill. Armelle Mourier), L'Atelier des Noyers, coll. « Carnets de Couleurs A5 », Perrigny-lès-Dijon, 2024, 40 p.
Fiction
Fiction
• La Memoria, novel (1997), received the Prix Ringuet from the Académie des lettres du Québec and the prize awarded by the Société des écrivains Canadiens • La Voie lactée, Éditions XYZ, Montréal, 2001, 211 p.
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1949
Louise Dupré born at Sherbrooke.
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- 1.Kevin. Lambert. Les pratiques de la théorie : créer à l’université, entretien avec Louise Dupré et Martine Delvaux. Spirale : arts • lettres • sciences humaines. 270. 2019. 0225-9044. 1923-3213. 2021-08-10. 24–29.
- 2.Recherche - L'Île. www.litterature.org.
- 3.Elles sont amies, elles sont de vastes vivantes. Le Devoir.
- 4.Tout comme elle : Féminin pluriel. Voir.ca.
- 5.« En bref: Le monde est de plus en plus Métropolis Bleu ». Le Devoir. 17 avril 2001. page B7.
- 6.Blandine Campion. « Louise Dupré; Beauté et résurrection ». Le Devoir. 22 novembre 1997. p. D7.
- 7.« Deux nouveaux venus à l'Académie des lettres du Québec ». Le Soleil. 24 septembre 1999. p. C6.
- 8.Les suggestions de lecture de Louise Dupré. L’actualité. 2020-10-14.
- 9.Prix Vénus Khoury-Ghata UQAM. 2018-09-25.
- 10.Anthologie de la poésie actuelle des femmes au Québec 2000 2020. Les éditions du Remue-Ménage. 2021. 9782890917347.
- 11.Le roman de la résistance de Louise Dupré. La Presse. 2020-01-19.
- 12.« En bref: Prix de la radio publique ». La Presse. p. D11. samedi 6 décembre 1997.
- 13.Le pari vital de Louise Dupré. Le Devoir. 2016-09-10.
- 14.Patrick Bilodeau. Aki Shimazaki remporte le prix Hervé-Foulon pour son roman Tsubaki. revue.leslibraires.ca. 26 août 2021.
- 15.Mme. Louise Dupré. La gouverneure générale du Canada.
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