Jeanne-Mance Delisle

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Jeanne-Mance Delisle (born June 24, 1941; some sources say 1939) is a Quebec writer.[1]

The daughter of Rollande Fiset and Sebastien Delisle,[1] she was born in Barraute and grew up in the Abitibi region of Quebec.[2] She was a member of Théâtre de Coppe and the Centre dramatique de Rouyn.[3] Her first play Un "reel" ben beau, ben triste was awarded the Prix littéraire Abitibi-Témiscamingue. She received the Governor General's Award for French-language drama in 1987 for Un oiseau vivant dans la gueule; the play was later translated into English as A live bird in its jaws. Delisle has written for both the theatre and television.[4]

Selected works[3][4][edit]

  • Un rire oublié, play (1979)
  • Le Mémoire d'or, play (1980)
  • Nouvelles d'Abitibi, stories (1991), received the Grand Prix de la prose from the Journal de Montréal
  • La bête rouge, novel (1996)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b New, William H, ed. (2002). "Laberge, Marie". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. p. 283. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
  2. ^ Reboul, Yves; Mottet, Philippe; Vignes-Mottet, Sylvie (2005). La nouvelle québécoise contemporaine (in French). p. 56. ISBN 2858167982.
  3. ^ a b "Delisle, Jeanne-Mance". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ a b "Delisle, Jeanne-Mance" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.