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Prix Émile-Nelligan
The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a North American French language poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet Émile Nelligan and was first awarded in 1979, the 100th anniversary of his birth. Recipients * 1979 - François Charron, ''Blessures'' * 1980 - Claude Beausoleil, ''Au milieu du corps l’attraction s’insinue'' (poèmes 1975–1980) * 1981 - Jean-Yves Collette, ''La Mort d’André Breton'' * 1982 - Jocelyne Felx, ''Orpailleuse'' / Philippe Haeck - ''La Parole verte'' * 1983 - Lucien Francœur, ''Les Rockeurs sanctifiés'' * 1984 - Normand de Bellefeuille, ''Le Livre du devoir'' * 1985 - Anne-Marie Alonzo, ''Bleus de mine'' * 1986 - Carole David, ''Terroristes d’amour'' / France Mongeau - ''Lumières'' * 1987 - Michael Delisle, ''Fontainebleau'' / Élise Turcotte - ''La voix de Carla'' * 1988 - Renaud Longchamps, ''Légendes suivi de Sommation sur l’histoire'' * 1989 - Élise T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. Because it is on the North American Plate, North American Tectonic Plate, Greenland is included as a part of North America geographically. North America covers an area of about , about 16.5% of Earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third-largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the list of continents and continental subregions by population, fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America, 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population. In Americas (terminology)#Human ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Deland
Monique Deland (born July 6, 1958) is a Quebecer poet. She is a recipient of the Grand Prix de Poésie Le Noroît (1993), Prix Émile-Nelligan (1995), Prix Alain-Grandbois (2009), Prix Félix-Antoine-Savard (2010), and the Grand Prix Quebecor du Festival international de Poésie (2019). Biography Monique Deland was born in Montreal and trained as a visual artist. She is the daughter of André Deland, (1926-1979, Geology Professor at Sir George Williams / Concordia University) who taught her the love of science according to her Discours de réception à l'Académie des lettres du Québeand Suzanne Lapointe (sister of Jean Lapointe, a Quebec actor). From 1978 to 1995, Deland taught visual arts at the high school level. From 1993 to 2002, she earned a masters and doctorate in literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She won the Prix Québec-Amérique in 1998 for her master's degree thesis ''Rivages, Pour une esthétique de l'ambivalence''. From 1999 to 2007, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Awards
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 became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Establishments In Canada
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's European operations, which are based in Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border, ending large-scale fighting. * January 8 – Whiddy Island Disaster: The French tanker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awards Established In 1979
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be described by three aspects: 1) who is given 2) what 3) by whom, all varying according to purpose. The recipient is often to a single person, such as a student or athlete, or a representative of a group of people, be it an organisation, a sports team or a whole country. The award item may be a decoration, that is an insignia suitable for wearing, such as a medal, badge, or rosette (award). It can also be a token object such as certificate, diploma, championship belt, trophy, or plaque. The award may also be or be accompanied by a title of honor, as well as an object of direct value such as prize money or a scholarship. Furthermore, an honorable mention is an award given, typically in education, that does not confer the recipient( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Poetry Awards
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Lalonde
Catherine Lalonde (born 1974) is a Quebec poet and journalist. She was born in Montreal and studied theatre and contemporary dance. At the age of 16, she published her first collection of poems ''Jeux de brume''. She has worked in media and communications, as a physical trainer and has written for ''Le Devoir'', ''Le Libraire'', ''Livre d'Ici'' and ''Entre les lignes''. For her poems and stories, she won the Prix Critères Intercollégial in 1991, the Prix du Chantauteuil in 1994, the story contest sponsored by the magazine ''Voir'' in 1996, the contest of the Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse agency in 1999 and the Prix de la nouvelle awarded by Radio-Canada in 1997. Her collection of poetry ''Corps étranger'' won the Prix Émile-Nelligan in 2008. In 2009, she presented ''La nuit sera longue'', a multi-media show incorporating poetry, dance and theatre. References 1974 births Living people Journalists from Montreal Canadian poets in French Canadian women journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude Smith Gagnon
Maude Smith Gagnon (born 1980) is a Québec poet. She was born in the Basse-Côte-Nord region of Québec and studied at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her first collection of poetry ''Une tonne d’air'' was awarded the Prix Émile-Nelligan in 2006. Her collection of poems ''Un drap. Une place'' received the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s ... in 2012. References 1980 births Living people Canadian poets in French Canadian women poets 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian women writers People from Côte-Nord Writers from Quebec Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Governor General's Award-winning poets {{Canada-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Langlais
Tania Langlais (born 1979) is a Quebec poet and educator. She was born in Montreal and was educated at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Langlais teaches French at the college level. Her work has appeared in a number of anthologies. Langlais received the Prix Émile-Nelligan in 2000 for her collection of poetry ''Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme'', the youngest to receive this award. She has also received the Prix Jacqueline-Déry-Mochon in 2001, the first prize for poetry from Radio-Canada in 2002 and the Prix Joseph-S. Stauffer in 2005. She won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2021 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2021 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, 2021, and the winners were announced on November 17. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Tremblay
Tony Tremblay is a Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality, born in Jonquière, Quebec in 1968, and now living in Montreal. Biography Tremblay is the co-founder of Exit poetry magazine. He was awarded the prestigious Émile-Nelligan prize in 1998, and the Salon du livre du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean award for his poetry book ''Rue Pétrole-Océan''. Producer, radio host, TV reporter, publisher, blogger and webmaster, Tony Tremblay also occasionally performs his poetry live on stage, alone or with musicians. Tony Tremblay performed his poetry all across the province of Quebec, in Canada, and in France. Among other shows, Tony Tremblay is famous for his performances as a host of the Night Shift series during the Festival Voix d'Amériques, a poetry and spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an anci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlène Belley
Marlène Belley (born 1963) is a Canadian poet. She was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec and went on to teach French in Ottawa. Her first collection of poetry ''Les jours sont trop longs pour se mentir'', published in 1995, received the Prix Émile-Nelligan The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a North American French language poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet Émile Nelligan and was first awarded in 1979, the 1 ... in the same year. References 1963 births Living people Canadian poets in French Canadian women poets People from Saint-Hyacinthe Writers from Quebec 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian women writers {{Canada-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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