Rachel Leclerc (born July 9, 1955) is a

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poet and novelist.

Biography

Leclerc is the daughter of Rose Aimee Landry and Germain Leclerc. She was born in Nouvelle on Quebec's

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. Leclerc studied in

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and went on to earn a master's degree in creative writing at the

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in 1985. In 1984, she published her first collection of poems ''Fugues''.

Works

Her poetry collection ''Les vies frontalières'', published in 1991, received the

Prix Émile-Nelligan The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a North American French language poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet Émile Nelligan and was first awarded in 1979, the 1 ...

and the Prix Jovette-Bernier and was a finalist for the

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in 1994. Her collection ''Rabatteurs d'étoiles'' received the

Prix Alain-Grandbois The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry.

in 1995 and was included on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1994. Leclerc has also received the Prix littéraires Radio-Canada in 2006 and the Prix du Marché de la Poésie de Montréal in 2008. She published her first novel ''Noces de sable'' in 1995. Her novel ''Ruelle Océan'' appeared on the shortlist 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 2001. Leclerc has also written articles for the literary journal ''Lettres Québécoises'' and has worked as an editor for television

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References

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