Angèle Delaunois (born November 17, 1946) is a Canadian author born in

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and living in

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. She was born in Granville and came to Quebec in 1968, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1976. She earned a BA in

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from the

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and was a lecturer there for ten years. Delaunois moved to

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in 1982, where she worked for the Quebec consumer magazine '. In 1989, she decided to devote herself to writing full-time. Delaunois worked for the publishing house for ten years as director for several of their collections. In 1998, she became literary director for youth collections at

Éditions Pierre Tisseyre Éditions Pierre Tisseyre (founded in 1947 under the name Le Cercle du livre de France) is a Quebec publishing house. It played a major role in the history of Quebec publishing. In 1946, two Americans Horace Marston and Charles Spilka created Le Ce ...

. In 2004, Delaunois founded her own publishing company Éditions de l'isatis.

Selected works

* ''Les oiseaux de chez nous'' (1990), received the Prix d'excellence from the Association des Consommateurs du Québec * ''Les Mammifères de chez nous'' (1993), received the Prix d'excellence from the Association des professeurs de sciences du Québec * ''Variations sur un même «t'aime»'' (1997), received the

Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature The Governor General's Award for French-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor Gener ...

* ''Les Bisous'' (2001) * ''Maïa et l'oiseau'' (2002), received the Prix Hackmatack * ''Le pays sans musique'' (2005) * ''Les Enfants de l'eau'' (2006) * ''Le Mur'' (2007) * ''La Demoiselle oubliée'' (2008) * ''La Clé'' (2008), illustrations by Christine Delezenne, received the

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is an annual literary award for children's picture illustrators. It was established in 1985 following the death of Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver, one of Canada's pre-eminent book illustrators. In ...

References

1946 births Living people Governor General's Award–winning children's writers Writers from Montreal People from Granville, Manche Writers from Manche Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières alumni Canadian children's writers in French Canadian women children's writers {{Quebec-writer-stub