Dominique Robert (born 1957) is a Canadian writer living in

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 thirtee ...

. She was born in

Hull, Quebec Hull is the central business district and oldest neighbourhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadia ...

(now

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

) and grew up in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa ...

region. She studied literature in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

and studied the teaching of French at the

Université du Québec à Montréal The Université du Québec à Montréal (English: University of Quebec in Montreal), also known as UQAM, is a French-language public university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québe ...

. Robert taught French at the

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

level in

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 ...

. More recently, she has been an assistant editor at the publishing house . She is a member of the

Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois L'Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ; English: ''Québec Union of Writers'') is a professional union of writers in Québec, Canada. Founded on March 21, 1977 by some 50 writers following the leadership of Jacques Godbout, it ...

Selected works

* ''Jeux et portraits'', poetry (1989) * ''Moins malheureux que toi ma mère'', stories (1990) * ''Jours sans peur'', stories (1994) * ''Caillou, calcul'', poetry (2000), finalist for the awarded by the magazine ''Estuaire'' * ''Leçons d'extérieur'', poetry (2009) * ''Chambre d'amis'', novel (2010), received the * ''La cérémonie du Maître'', prose (2015), received the

References

1957 births Living people Canadian women poets Canadian women short story writers Canadian women novelists Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Writers from Gatineau Canadian poets in French Canadian short story writers in French Canadian novelists in French 20th-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers {{Quebec-writer-stub