Roxane Desjardins (born 1991) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. She is the editor and general manager of the publishing house, Les Herbes rouges.

Biography

Roxane Desjardins was born in Montreal, 1991. She began her literary practice with the artist's book and the

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. Her first collection of poetry, ''Ciseaux'', was published in 2014 by Les Herbes rouges. She won the Prix Émile-Nelligan as well as the and was longlisted for the . In 2016, her story, ''Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire'', was published by Les Herbes Rouges, for which she was a finalist for the 2017 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit. Desjardins served on the editorial board of the magazine ''Moebius'' between 2016 and 2018. ''Le Revers'', her second collection of poetry, was published by Herbes Rouges in 2018, and was a finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit. These three works received critical acclaim. The same year, she published ''La Poésie des Herbes rouges'', an anthology co-edited with . Desjardins became publisher and general manager of Les Herbes rouges in 2021.

Prizes and honours

* 2013, Prix Expozine for the best French-language book for ''Cannibale maison'' * 2014, Prix Émile-Nelligan for ''Ciseaux'' * 2015, Prix Félix-Leclerc for ''Ciseaux'' * 2015, Longlisted for Prix des libraires du Québec pour ''Ciseaux'' * 2015, Prix Expozine for the best French-language book for ''Avant le geste'' * 2017, Finalist, Governor General's Award of Canada, Children's Literature - Text category, for ''Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire'' * 2018, Finalist, (SODEP) Excellence Award * 2018, Finalist, Governor General's Award, Poetry category, for ''Le revers''

Selected works

Poetry collections

* ''Ciseaux'', Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2014, . * ''Le Revers'', Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2018, .

Narrative

* ''Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire'', Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2016, .

Anthologies

* ''La Poésie des Herbes rouges'', co-edited with Jean-Simon DesRochers, Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2018, .

Zines

* ''Constance succombe'', illustrated by Coco-Simone Finken, 2013. * ''Cannibale maison'', illustrated by Coco-Simone Finken, 2013. * ''Avant le geste'', in collaboration with Félix Durand, livre d’artiste, 2015.

References

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