Marie-Christine Lévesque

Marie-Christine Lévesque (1958 – 16 July 2020) was a Canadian author and editor.[1][2][3]

Marie-Christine Lévesque
Lévesque at the 2017 Salon du livre de Montréal
Born1958 (1958)
Died16 July 2020(2020-07-16) (aged 61–62)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationWriter and editor

She was a partner of Serge Bouchard.[4] She was also co-author of many of his books including: Le peuple rieur. Hommage à mes amis innus (Nouvelle fenêtre), Lux Éditeur, 2017; Elles ont fait l’Amérique : De remarquables oubliés, tome 1 (Nouvelle fenêtre), Lux Éditeur, 2011;[5] Ils ont couru l’Amérique : De remarquables oubliés, tome 2 (Nouvelle fenêtre), Lux Éditeur, 2014; Les images que nous sommes : 60 ans de cinéma québécois (Nouvelle fenêtre), Éditions de l’Homme, 2013.[6][7].

Personal life

Together with Serge Bouchard, they adopted a child from China.[6]

Awards

Lévesque received the 2005 Applied Arts Award for the cover design of 9 Vues, a book presenting the engravings of Louise Masson that accompanied the poetry of Daniel Danis,[8] and a 2005 design award for the complete book, Peau/Parfum/Noire.[9] In 2018 she received a Le Prix Victor-Barbeau award.[10]

Death

Lévesque died on 16 July 2020 of brain cancer.[2]

gollark: Also, I just realised: any language can be converted to a ***one***-char version, trivially.
gollark: There's also Binary Lambda Calculus.
gollark: BCT?
gollark: Another Turing-complete 2-char "language" I can think of: Rule 110 (cellular automaton) with cells represented by chars.
gollark: I doubt it.

References
  1. Montréal, Journal de. "LÉVESQUE, Marie-Christine". Le Journal de Montréal.
  2. Beaulieu, Isabelle (July 21, 2020). "Décès de l'auteure Marie-Christine Lévesque, complice de Serge Bouchard". Revue Les libraires.
  3. Montpetit, Caroline (July 18, 2020). "Elle a écrit l'Amérique". Le Devoir. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. Collard, Nathalie (November 30, 2017). "Lettre d'amour aux Innus". La Presse. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. Clerfeuille, Laurence (March 2013). "Reviewed Work: Elles ont fait l'Amérique: de remarquables oubliés, tome 1 by Serge Bouchard, Marie-Christine Lévesque". The French Review. 86 (4). JSTOR 23511245.
  6. "ICI Radio-Canada Première | Balados, livres audio". Radio-Canada.
  7. "Elle a écrit l'Amérique". Le Devoir.
  8. "9 VUES Book Cover/Jacket Design - Single 2005". 9 Vues - 2005 Awards Winner. Applied Arts Magazine. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  9. "Peau/Farum/Noire - 2005 Awards Winner - Applied Arts". Applied Arts Magazine. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  10. Guy, Chantal (October 24, 2018). "Académie des lettres du Québec: les lauréats sont..." La Presse. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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