Lise Tremblay (born 13 June 1957) is a

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. Tremblay was born in Chicoutimi,

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. Her first awards were presented at the Saguenay-Lac. St Jean book festival for her 1990 debut novel ''L'hiver de pluie''. Her 1999 novel, ''La danse juive'' won that year's

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for fiction. In recent years, she has been teaching literature in

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Awards and recognition

* 1999: fiction winner,

, ''La danse juive'' * 2003:

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, ''La héronnière'' * 2004: Prix des libraires du Québec , ''La héronnière'' * 2004:

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, ''La héronnière''

Bibliography

*''L'hiver de pluie''. Montreal: XYZ, 1990. *''La pêche blanche''. Montreal: Leméac, 1994. *''La danse juive''. Montreal: Leméac, 1999. (''Mile End'', trans. Gail Scott, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2002. ) *''La héronnière'' Montreal: Leméac, 2003. (''The Hunting Ground'', trans.

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, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2006. ) *''La soeur de Judith''. Montreal: Boréal, 2007. * ''L'Habitude des bêtes'', Montréal, Éditions du Boréal,

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accessed 22 July 2006 1957 births Canadian women novelists French Quebecers Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers Living people Writers from Saguenay, Quebec Canadian novelists in French {{Quebec-writer-stub

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