Carole David (born July 25, 1955) is a

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poet and novelist.

Biography

The daughter of Clothilde Fioramore and Guy David, she was born in

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and earned a

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in literary studies from the

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. She was a member of the editorial committee for the magazine ''Spirale'' from 1980 to 1982 and for the magazine ''Estuaire'' from 1993 to 1996. She also worked as a reader for the publishing house VLB éditeur from 1979 to 1988. David has taught at the

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. She was head of the Public Lending Right Program at the

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from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, she was elected president of the Maison de la poésie de Montréal. David 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 ...

for ''Terroristes d'amour'' in 1986. In 1996, she was awarded the Terrasses Saint-Sulpice poetry prize by the magazine ''Estuaire'' for her poetry collection ''Abandons''. Her novel ''Impala'', published in English and Italian in 1994, was a finalist for the Journal de Montréal prize and for the City of Montreal prize. ''La Maison d'Ophélie'' was included on the shortlist for the

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in 1999. She received the

Prix Alain-Grandbois The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry.

in 2011 for her collection ''Manuel de poétique à l'intention des jeunes filles''; the same collection was also included on the shortlist for the Governor General's poetry award. In 2020 se was named the recipient of Quebec's

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for lifetime achievement in literature.Billy Robinson
"Le prestigieux prix Athanase-David est remis à Carole David"
''Les Libraires'', November 6, 2020.

References

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