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Christiane Frenette

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Christiane Frenette (born November 18, 1954) is a Quebec educator and writer.^[1]

The daughter of Pierrette Duchesne and Claude Frenette, she was born in Quebec City^[2] and received a master's degree in Quebec literature from the Université Laval. Frenette taught literature at the Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon.^[1]

Her collection of poetry Indigo nuit received the Prix Octave-Crémazie in 1986. She was awarded the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction for La Terre ferme in 1998;^[1] that novel was translated into English as Terra FirmabySheila Fischman in 1999.^[2]

Selected works

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Cérémonie mémoire, poetry (1988), finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry^[3]
Le ciel s'arrête quelque part, poetry (1991)
Après la nuit rouge (2006), finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award;^[4] translated into English by Sheila Fischman as After the Red Night^[3] and was nominated for a ReLit Award^[5]

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References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Frenette, Christiane" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.

^ ^a ^b New, William H, ed. (2002). "Frenette, Christiane". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. p. 399. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.

^ ^a ^b "Frenette, Christiane". Cormorant Books.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "The Canada Council for the Arts Announces Finalists for the 2005 Governor General's Literary Awards". Marketwired. October 17, 2005.

^ "Shortlists announced for ReLit Awards". National Post. August 31, 2010.

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