Andrée Christensen (born April 16, 1952) is a

Franco-Ontarian Franco-Ontarians (french: Franco-Ontariens or if female, sometimes known as ''Ontarois'' and ''Ontaroises'') are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2016, the Government of On ...

writer and visual artist. She was born in

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and studied at Carleton University and

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. She taught French as a second language for the Canadian Public Service from 1975 to 1979. After 1979, she worked as an editor for the Canadian national museums. Christensen published a collection of poetry ''Le Châtiment d'Orphée'' in 1990. She published ''La Femme sauvage'' in 1996 and ''Le Livre des ombres'' in 1998. In 1999, in collaboration with poet Jacques Flamand, she published ''Lithochronos ou le premier vol de la pierre'' in 1999, which was awarded the

Trillium Book Award The Trillium Book Award (french: Prix littéraire Trillium or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is ov ...

. Also with Jacques Flamand, she published translations in French of poetry by

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. Her novel ''Depuis toujours, j'entendais la mer'', published in 2007, was awarded the . the Prix de la ville d'Ottawa, the Prix littéraire Le Droit and the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen.

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