Francine Noël (born 1945 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 ...

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 ...

) is a Canadian writer, whose 2005 work ''La Femme de ma vie'' won the 2006 edition of

Première Chaîne A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...

's ''

Le Combat des livres ''Le Combat des livres'' is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Première in Canada. A French edition of the ''Canada Reads'' competition, the program was launched in 2004. It aired annually from ...

''. She teaches theatre 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 ...

.Francine Noël
at

The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of Canadian Heritage. Available fo ...

Awards and nominations

She was a nominee for the

Governor General's Award for French language fiction The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each ...

in the 1983 Governor General's Awards for ''Maryse'', and in the

1987 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1987 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The ...

for ''Myriam première''. She was a nominee for the

Governor General's Award for French language drama This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language drama. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided. Because the award is presented for plays publi ...

in the

1985 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1985 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. English French References {{GovernorGeneralsAwards Governor General's Awards Governor ...

for ''Chandeleur''.

Works

* ''Maryse'' (1983) * ''Chandeleur: Cantate parlée pour cinq voix et un mort'' (1985) * ''Myriam première'' (1987) * ''Nous avons tous découvert l'Amérique'' (1992) * ''La Conjuration des bâtards'' (1999) * ''La Femme de ma vie'' (2005) * ''J'ai l'angoisse légère'' (2008) * ''L'usage de mes jours'' (Leméac, 2020)

References

1945 births 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian women novelists Writers from Montreal Living people 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian novelists in French Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French {{Quebec-writer-stub