Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist.[1]
The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke[2] and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in literature from the latter institution. From 1981 to 1984, she was a member of the publishing collective Éditions du Remue-Ménage. In 1988, she became a member of the editorial committee for the magazine Voix et Images : Littérature québécoise; she served as director from 1995 to 1998. She taught at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1]
Noir déjà, poetry (1993), received the Grand Prix de poésie from the Festival international de Trois-Rivières
Tout près, Éditions du Noroît, Saint-Hippolyte, 1998, 93 p. (ISBN 289018403X et 9782890184039) New ed. 2021.
Tout comme elle, play (2006), received the Critics' prize for 2005–2006 in the category Montreal from the Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre
La Voie lactée, Éditions XYZ, Montréal, 2001, 211 p. (ISBN 9782894063132 et 289406313X)
Further reading
Andrea Krotthammer: "La vie d'une femme, c'est la marche sur un fil." «L'ecriture funambule» de Louise Dupré à l'exemple des relations mère-fille".Masterarbeit, Universität Innsbruck. Honored by the "Prix d'Exellence du Gouvernement du Québec" 2016/2017.
References
^ a b c d"Dupré, Louise" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
^New, William H, ed. (2002). "Dupré, Louise". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. p. 323. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
^"Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize". CBC News, November 1, 2017.