Anne-Marie Desmeules Explained

Anne-Marie Desmeules is a Canadian poet from Quebec.^[1] She is most noted for her 2019 poetry collection Le tendon et l'os, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.^[2]

Born in Montreal and based in Lévis,^[1] Desmeules published her debut collection Cette personne très laide qui s'endort dans mes bras in 2017.^[3] Her poem "Bouleaux" was a finalist in Ici Radio-Canada's literary awards in 2018.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1132240/anne-marie-desmeules-liste-preliminaire-prix-poesie-2018-concours-ecriture "Bouleaux, d'Anne-Marie Desmeules"
2. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1365861/prix-litteraires-gouverneur-general-2019-gagnants-gagnantes "Voici les gagnants et gagnantes des prestigieux Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général"
3. Geneviève Bouchard, "Prix du Gouverneur général: la poésie d'Anne-Marie Desmeules primée". Le Soleil, October 29, 2019.
4. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1134052/prix-creation-concours-ecriture-finaliste-prix-de-poesie-radio-canada-2018-anne-marie-desmeules "Bouleaux, d'Anne-Marie Desmeules, finaliste du Prix de poésie 2018"