Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska
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Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska (born May 27, 1930 in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec
) is a Canadian
writer
from Quebec
.
She studied Arts in University of Montreal, University of Quebec and University of Sherbrooke, where she received a PhD
degree in 1987. She also makes reportages for publications like Perspectives or Le Devoir
.
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Luc Chouinard...
) is a Canadian
Canada
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writer
Writer
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from Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
.
She studied Arts in University of Montreal, University of Quebec and University of Sherbrooke, where she received a PhD
PHD
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degree in 1987. She also makes reportages for publications like Perspectives or Le Devoir
Le Devoir
Le Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....
.
Prizes
- 1981 - Prix du Gouverneur général
- 1984 - Finaliste du Prix du Gouverneur général
- 1984 - Prix Molson du roman, La Maison Tresler ou le 8ème jour d'Amérique
- 1985 - Membre de l'Académie des lettres du QuébecAcadémie des lettres du QuébecThe Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers.It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québec, under much controversy.It brings together writers and...
- 1993 - Prix Jean-Hamelin, L'Été de l'île de Grâce
- 1993 - Prix Arthur-Buies
- 1998 - Médaille d'or de la Renaissance française
- 2002 - Grand Prix littéraire de la Montérégie