Flora Balzano Explained

Flora Balzano
Birth Date:	24 May 1951
Birth Place:	Algiers, Algeria
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Flora Balzano (born 24 May 1951 in Algiers)^[1] is a Québécois writer and comedian, best known for her novel Soigne ta chute, which has been the subject of academic study.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]} She was a finalist of the 1991 Governor General's Awards for having written the novel Soigne ta chute. In addition, she had a career in voice acting, with one of her main roles being Martin Prince in the Québec version of The Simpsons.

Writings

Novel

• Soigne ta chute, Montréal, XYZ editor, "Romanichels" collection, 1991. 120 pages.

Short stories

• Quatre nouvelles (1988)
• La Première Fois (1989)
• Terre de mes aïeux (1990)
• Chantemé (1991)
• La Croûte (1992)
• Encore pas un roman (1992)
• C'est la sève qui compte (1992)
• Des couilles (1992)

Honours and awards

• 1991 : Finalist, Governor General's Awards.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hawley, John Charles. Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies. limited. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2001 . Westport, CT . 369.
2. JUTRAS, Jessica (2009). Soigne ta chute de Flora Balzano une oeuvre autofictive? ; suivi de Racinographie.Mémoire. Trois-Rivières, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 164 p. (external link
3. DOMPIERRE, Nathalie. Analyse sociopoétique du roman Soigne Ta chute de Flora Balzano.Thèse (M.A.)--Université Laval, 1995. Bibliogr.: f. [137]-140. (external link)
4. Not pure laine but sans-mitaines. http://www.booksincanada.com/article_view.asp?id=175
5. SEBKHI, Habiba. Littérature(s) issue(s) de l'immigration en France et au Québec. PhD Thesis. 2000.http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ58186.pdf
6. GOULD, Karen L."Nationalism, Feminism, Cultural Pluralism: American Interest in Quebec Literature and Culture". Yale French Studies No. 103, French and Francophone: The Challenge of Expanding Horizons (2003), pp. 24–32 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3182531?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
7. BÉLAIR, Karine. "L'écriture migrante au Québec: l'interculturalisme dans le discours littéraire et politique". Mémoire, McGill University, 2010.http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1543371435806~641
8. Book: Sugars, Cynthia Conchita. The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature. Oxford University Press. 2016.
9. Morra. Linda M.. 2015. Regenerations: Canadian Women's Writing/Régénérations: Écriture des Femmes au Canada ed. by Marie Carrière and Patricia Demers (review). ESC: English Studies in Canada. 41. 2. 217–220. 10.1353/esc.2015.0036. 162486953 . 1913-4835.