Christiane Frenette

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[1]

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]

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"Frenette, Christiane" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
New, William H, ed. (2002). "Frenette, Christiane". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. p. 399. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
"Frenette, Christiane". Cormorant Books.
"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.

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