Francine D'Amour (born November 6, 1946) is a Quebec educator and writer. The daughter of Jean D'Amour and Marthe Pinard, she was born in Beauharnois and studied modern literature at the Université de Nice and French literature at the University of Ottawa. D'Amour has taught at a number of CEGEPs in Quebec, including the

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. She published her first novel ''Les Dimanches sont mortels'' in 1987; it received the Grand Prix littéraire Guérin and the Prix de l'Académie des lettres du Québec. Her second novel ''Les Jardins de l'enfer'' was a finalist for the prize awarded by the readers of Elle (France). D'Amour has contributed to several literary journals such as ''Arcade'', ''Les écrits'', ''Le Sabord'' and ''Moebius''. D'Amour has been invited to various literary festivals, book fairs and literary conferences in Canada, the United States, France and Morocco.

Selected works

Source: * ''Écrire comme un chat'', stories (1994) * ''Presque rien'', novel (1996), received the

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* ''Le retour d'Afrique'', novel (2004), finalist for the , the and the Prix du roman d'amour du Prince-Maurice; translated into English by

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as ''Return from Africa'' (2005)

References

1946 births Living people Canadian novelists in French Canadian short story writers in French Canadian women novelists Canadian women short story writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers People from Greater Montreal Writers from Quebec Côte d'Azur University alumni University of Ottawa alumni 20th-century Canadian short story writers People from Beauharnois, Quebec 21st-century Canadian short story writers {{Quebec-writer-stub