Hélène Harbec (born 1946) is a

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writer. She was born in

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and was educated at

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. Harbec has lived in

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since 1970. She published poems in several literary magazines including ''Éloizes'', ''Le Sabord'' and ''Arcade belles interurbaines''. In 1986, she published ''L'été avant la mort'', written with France Daigle. This was followed by a collection of poems ''Le cahier des absences et de la décision'' in 1991 and a novel ''L'orgueilleuse'' in 1998. In 2002, she published her second poetry collection ''Va'', which was awarded the Prix Antonine-Maillet-Acadie-Vie. Several of her poems appeared in a special issue of ''Dalhousie French Studies'' in 2003 entitled ''Auteures acadiennes: création et critique''. She published a collection of poems ''Le tracteur céleste'' in 2005.

Selected works

Source: * ''Les voiliers blancs'', novel (2004) * ''Le cahier des absences et de la décision'', poetry (2009) * ''Chambre 503'', fiction (2009)

References

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