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Elise Gravel
Elise Gravel (born 1977) is a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec. Gravel's original books and graphic novels focus on wacky and often gross content. In 2012, she won a Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration, Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration in French for her book ''La clé à molette''. Gravel has written more than thirty books, and her work has been translated into over twelve languages. She studied graphic design, before becoming an illustrator. Gravel publishes in both English and in French. She is the daughter of writer François Gravel and Murielle Grégoire. As of 2024, she is married with two daughters. In 2022, the Writers' Trust of Canada awarded Gravel the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in honour of her body of work. In February 2024, the Jewish Public Library (Montreal), Jewish Public Library of Montreal moved her books to their closed stacks, following Instagram posts that the Centre for Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
