Rachel Leclerc Explained

Rachel Leclerc
Birth Date:9 July 1955
Birth Place:Nouvelle Gaspé Peninsula Canada
Occupation:Poet, novelist
Language:French
Education:Master's degree
Alma Mater:Université du Québec à Montréal
Period:1995-present
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Rachel Leclerc (born July 9, 1955) is a Quebec poet and novelist.

Biography

Leclerc is the daughter of Rose Aimee Landry and Germain Leclerc. She was born in Nouvelle on Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula.[1]

Leclerc studied in Rimouski and went on to earn a master's degree in creative writing at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1985. In 1984, she published her first collection of poems Fugues.

Works

Her poetry collection Les vies frontalières, published in 1991, received the Prix Émile-Nelligan and the Prix Jovette-Bernier and was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1994.

Her collection Rabatteurs d'étoiles received the Prix Alain-Grandbois in 1995 and was included on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1994. Leclerc has also received the Prix littéraires Radio-Canada in 2006 and the Prix du Marché de la Poésie de Montréal in 2008.[2]

She published her first novel Noces de sable in 1995.[1] Her novel Ruelle Océan appeared on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 2001.[3]

Leclerc has also written articles for the literary journal Lettres Québécoises and has worked as an editor for television subtitles.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Leclerc, Rachel. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada . 644–45 . New, William H . 2002 . 0-8020-0761-9 .
  2. Web site: Cumulative list of finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards . Governor General's Literary Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150427050042/http://ggbooks.ca/~/media/ggbooks/ggla%20cumulative%20finalists%20list%202014.pdf . 2015-04-27 .
  3. News: The kindest cut of all: The G-G's shortlist . Globe and Mail . October 24, 2001.
  4. Web site: Leclerc, Rachel . Infocentre littéraire des écrivains . fr.