Chloé LaDuchesse is a Canadian poet from

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, whose collection ''Exosquelette'' was a shortlisted finalist for the

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at the 2021 Governor General's Awards, and the 2022 winner of the

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for

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.Deborah Dundas
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'', June 21, 2022. LaDuchesse published her first collection, ''Furies'', in 2017, and was a Trillium nominee in 2018.Deborah Dundas, "Toronto's Cherie Dimaline, Catherine Hernandez are among Trillium Book Award nominees". ''

'', May 24, 2018. She served as the poet laureate of the City of Greater Sudbury from 2018 to 2020, although her time in the position was marked by a minor controversy when the city rescinded its invitation for her to read the poem she had written for the inauguration ceremony for the new

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following the 2018 Greater Sudbury municipal election. LaDuchesse published her debut novel ''L'Incendiare de Sudbury'' in 2022. It was selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of ''

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'', where it was defended by journalist Brigitte Noël.Bobby Therrien
"Un roman de Sébastien Bérubé candidat au Combat national des livres"
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'', April 25, 2023.

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