Lola Lemire Tostevin (born June 15, 1937 in

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) is a Canadian poet and novelist. Although not widely known among the general public, she is one of Canada's leading

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writers, and a prominent figure in Canadian literary analysis. Despite being

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, born of French-speaking parents and with French as her first language,"Tostevin, Lola Lemire (1937–)"
''Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'' (January 1, 2007) , Tostevin writes primarily in English. She has, however, published work in French as well, and has translated several notable Canadian authors, both English and French, for publication in the other language. Her work often deals with international themes, and is similar in this way to Hédi Bouraoui.

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*''Color of Her Speech'' (1982) *''Gyno Text'' (1983) *''Double Standards'' (1985) *''Sophie'' (1988) *''La danse éliminatoire'' (1991, translation of

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's ''Elimination Dance'') *''Frog Moon'' (1994, novel) *''Cartouches'' (1995) *''Subject to Criticism'' (1995, essays) *''Day Has No Equal But the Night'' (1997, translation of ''Le Jour n'a d'égal que la nuit'' by

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) *''The Jasmine Man'' (2001, novel) *''Site-Specific Poems'' (2004) *''Punctum'' (2007) *''The other sister'' (2008, novel) *"Singed Wings" (2013, poems) *"At the Risk of Sounding" (2015 essays)

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