Colette Nys-Mazure Explained

Colette Nys-Mazure (born 14 May 1939) is a Belgian poet, essayist, playwright, and novelist writing in French.^[1]

She was born in Wavre. She received a master's degree in modern literature from the Catholic University of Leuven. From 1961 to 1999, she taught French literature.^[2]

Following the death of her parents, she moved to Tournai.^[3]

She also writes books for young people and essays.^[4] Her work has been translated into English, German, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Czech, Swedish and other languages.^[3]

Selected works

• La vie à foison, poetry (1975)
• D'amour et de cendre, poetry (1977)
• Pénétrance, poetry (1981), received the
• Haute enfance, poetry (1990), received the Grand Prix de Poésie pour la Jeunesse awarded by the French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports
• Singulières et plurielles, poetry (1992)
• Tous locataires, play (1993) with
• La Criée d'aube, poetry (1995)
• Le For intérieur, poetry (1996), received the Prix de Poésie
• Contes d’espérance, short stories (1998)
• Dix minutes pour écrire, play (2002)
• Seuils de Loire, poetry (2003)
• Sans y toucher, short stories (2004), received the ^[1]
• Perdre pied, novel (2008)

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Colette Nys-Mazure . Association des Écrivains belges de langue française . fr.
2. Web site: Colette Nys-Mazure, accordée au vivant . Éditions Luce Wilquin . fr.
3. Web site: Colette Nys-Mazure . Dossiers littérature française de Belgique . Service du Livre Luxembourgeois . fr . 2019-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602202645/http://www.servicedulivre.be/servlet/Repository/Colette_NYS_MAZURE.PDF?IDR=4941 . 2015-06-02 . dead .
4. Book: Van Den Bremt, Stefaan . Poetas Belgas de Lengua Francesa. Jardines de Belgica . 62 . Campos, Marco Antonio . 2007 . 978-9703238217 . es.