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Valérie Harvey
Valérie Harvey (born 1979) is a Canadian writer and sociologist from Quebec. Her main interest is Japan, where she lived for several years (in Kyoto), with six publications devoted to the country. For her doctoral thesis in sociology, she returned to Quebec to study Quebecois fathers and parental leave. She is sociologist-in-residence on Ici Radio-Canada Première's , a program for which she is also a researcher. She teaches Japanese at Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier in Quebec City. She has also translated the poet Misuzu Kaneko into French, published by . Biography Valérie Harvey was born in 1979, in La Malbaie, Charlevoix region of Quebec. She studied there until CEGEP, where she specialized in arts and literature. She continued in this vein at the Université de Sherbrooke, where she obtained her first bachelor's degree in Francophone literature, followed by a second bachelor's degree in communications and multimedia. At the same time, she studied several languages, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Valerie is generally a feminine given name, derived directly from the French ''Valérie'' (a traditionally female name). Valéry or Valery is a masculine given name in parts of Europe (particularly in France and Russia), as well as a common surname in Francophone countries. Another, much rarer, French masculine form of the name is Valère. Both feminine and masculine forms of Valerie have derivatives in many European languages and are especially common in Russian and other Eastern European languages. The masculine form is not always a cognate of the feminine; it can have a distinct etymology. Etymology Romance The name is generally of Romance origins. The Latin clan name, ''Valerius'', is masculine and denotes strength, health or boldness. ''Valeria'' is simply the feminine form of this. Both masculine and feminine given names are derived via French into other languages. In Catholic Europe, given names always related the individual to a saint, so the popularity of a name often re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |