Jennifer Couëlle, (born in Italy), is a children's book author based in

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, Canada. Her albums and collections of poems have been published in France and Canada.

Biography

Couëlle is granddaughter of the French architect Jacques Couëlle, and daughter of the painter Jérôme Couëlle. She is an art historian. She completed her master's thesis on "Kitsch as a Modernist Device" at the

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in 1991. From 1989 to 2001, she was an art and theater critic for numerous publications, including ''art press'',

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, ''Cahiers de théâtre Jeu'', ''Variable Sky'', ''Sculpture Space'', ''Esse'', ''ETC'', ''Parachute'', ''Possibles'', ''Spirale'' and ''Vie des arts''. She has also been a cultural journalist for ''Le Devoir'', ''Elle Québec'' and ''La Presse''. During this period, she also curated several exhibitions, including ''L'Empreinte du vide (André Jasinski)'', ''Mois de la photo'' in Montreal, ''Galerie Clark and Galerie Trois Points'' (1999); ''Antidote (lightness at work)'', and ''Galerie Plein Sud'' (1998); ''Tattoos'' (Mark Garland), ''Gallery B-312'' (1997) and ''Louis Muhlstock, The Draftsman / Un dessinateur'' at the Saidye Bronfman Arts Center (1989).

Works in French

* ''Le cœur dans la tête'', Éditions Pour penser à l'endroit, Cholet, 2005 * ''La souris qui vit plus loin que le bout de son nez'', Éditions Pour penser à l'endroit, Cholet, 2005 * ''Un chat sous les draps'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2007 * "Poèmes", ''Riveneuve Continents n° 6'', Riveneuve Éditions, Paris, 2008 * ''Ballons au ciel'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2008 * "Garçon à la mer", ''Riveneuve Continents n° 8'', Riveneuve Éditions, Paris, 2009 * ''Je t'aime comme toi'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2009 * ''C'est bleu c'est vert'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2009 * ''Coucou bonheur !'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2010 * ''Noël : Biscuits pas cuits et autres récits'', Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2011 . * ''Mon meilleur meilleur ami'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2011 * ''Princesse Paola à la maternelle'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2012 * ''Cent enfants imaginent comment changer le monde'', Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 * ''Palin – Un caprice au dentifrice'', Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 * ''Palin – Une sortie sens dessus dessous'', Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 * ''Papoumamie'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2013 * ''Palin – Le tricot rouge'', Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 * ''Palin – Je veux un animal de compagnie !'', Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 * ''La magie de Sami'', Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2014 * ''Le bisou'', Dominique et Compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2014 * ''L’homme sans chaussettes'', éditions de l’Isatis, Montréal, 2015 * ''Peinture comme printemps'', Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 * ''Sans manches comme l'été'', Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 * ''Tricoté comme l'automne'', Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 * ''Ange comme hiver'', Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 *''Le monde de Méry'', Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2019 *''Espoir'', Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2020

Works in English

*''Kiss, Kiss'' translation of ''Le Bisou'' by Karen Simon, illustrator Jacques Laplante. Pajama

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Couëlle, Jennifer Living people Canadian art critics Canadian women art critics Canadian theatre critics Canadian women theatre critics Canadian art historians Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian translators Canadian women children's writers 21st-century Canadian women writers