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Francine Ouellette
Francine Ouellette (born March 11, 1947) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec. She was born in Montreal and was educated at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. Ouellette taught plastic arts at the École Polyvalente Mont-Laurier. In the 1970s, she left teaching and moved to Schefferville to pursue flying and writing. She wrote ''Les ailes du destin'' which was only published some 20 years later. She later moved back to the Mont-Laurier region. In 1984, she published ' which became a best-seller and later the basis for a television series; in 1993, it was also awarded the and the for novel of the year. In 2013, she received the Ludger-Duvernay Prize for her collected work. Selected works Source: * ''Le Sorcier'', novel (1985), received the * ''Sir Gaby du lac'', novel (1989), received the Prix Citoyenne de la nature * ''Le Grand Blanc'', novel (1993), received the * ''Bécassine, l’oiseau invisible'', youth literature (1999) * ''Feu, La rivière profanée'', novel ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Ouellette SLM 2018
:''This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.'' Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques 2003), and was well used in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s (Evans 2006). Short forms are Frannie, Frans and Fran. Translations *English: Frankie *French: Françoise *German: Franziska *Italian: Francesca *Dutch : Francien *Norwegian: Frances *Polish: Franciszka *Catalan: Francina *Portuguese: Francesa, Francisca *Spanish: Francisca * Zulu: Rancina * Slovak: Frantiska *Afrikaans: Francine Persons *Francine (band), indie rock band from Boston *Francine Bergé (born 1938), French film and stage actress *Francine Descartes (1635–1640), René Descartes' daughter *Francine Diaz (born 2004), Filipina teen actress and model *Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestler *Francine Jordi (born 1977), Swiss pop singer *Francine Lalonde (born 1940), Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...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] |
