Louise Anne Bouchard
Louise Anne Bouchard (born 23 May 1955 in Montreal, Quebec) is a writer, of Canadian and Swiss citizenship.
Youth and literary beginnings
Louise Anne Bouchard began writing at the age of twelve.
First a photographer by training, (for three years she was a freelance fashion photographer) she studied literature at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her meeting with her professor of foreign literature, Eva Le Grand, was decisive in her beginnings as a writer. She paid tribute to her in Montréal privé, éditions Jacques Lanctôt, (2003).
The writer decided to take a sabbatical year to write her first novel, Cette fois, Jeanne... VLB éditeur (1987) which received a favorable reception of the Quebec press. She was then recruited to work on screenwriting, short films and a TV movie. The Prix de la Relève 16/26 for the screenwriting of Alice au Pays des Merguez, (1990) gave her access to several television projects as a screenwriter.
She has been living in Switzerland since 1991.
A native French speaker, Louise Anne Bouchard speaks also English, German and Italian.
Bibliography / novels
- 1987: Cette fois, Jeanne... VLB éditeur
- 1993: La Fureur, Éditions L'Âge d'Homme
- 1995: Pierre va se remarier avec Florence Cordobes, éditions L'Âge d'Homme
- 1997: Clélia fait enfin amende honorable, éditions L'Âge d'Homme
- 1999: Les Sans-soleil, éditions L'Âge d'Homme]
- 2001: Vai Piano, éditions L'Âge d'Homme
- 2003: Montréal privé, éditions Jacques Lanctôt
- 2010: Bleu Magritte, Éditions de l'Aire
- 2012: Du Cœur à l'Ouvrage, éditions de l'Aire
- 2012: L'Effet Popescu, BSN Press
- 2012: S'il y a un criminel à pointer du doigt, c'est le lac [short story], in Léman Noir, Marius Daniel Popesco (éd.), BSN Press
- 2014: Rumeurs, BSN Press
Prizes
- 1990: Prix de la Relève 16/26 (16mm, 26 min) for Alice au pays des merguez, directed by Bruno Carrière, Montréal
- 1994: Prix Contrepoint of French literature, Paris, for La Fureur
External links
- Personal website
- Louise Anne Bouchard on Viceversa littérature
- Revenir d'exil avec Louise-Anne Bouchard on Le Devoir (29 November 2003)
- Entretien avec Louise Anne Bouchard à propos de son roman "Les Sans-Soleil" on Tribunes romandes