Michèle Plomer (born 1965,

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) is a Canadian writer and translator. She is a recipient of the :fr:Prix Alfred Desrochers and the

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Biography

Her writing demonstrates her love of the

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, where she lives, and her time in

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, where she taught English for three years at

Shenzhen University Shenzhen University (SZU, Traditional Chinese: 深圳大學, Simplified Chinese: 深圳大学, Pinyin: Shēnzhèn Dàxué) is a municipal public research university in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The university is funded by the Shenzhen Mu ...

. She was included in a list of authors of

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Quebec novels. She participated in the 2014 and 2017 editions of the literary festival. Plomer was a finalist for the 2017 Prix des libraires. She is also co-publisher of the Magog publishing house, Chauve-souris.

Awards and honours

* 2007, Prix Alfred Desrochers * 2010,

Selected works

Novels

* 2007, ''Le jardin sablier'' * 1020, ''HKPQ'' * 2011, ''Dragonville'', vol. 1 : ''Porcelaine'' * 2012, ''Dragonville'', vol. 2 : ''Encre'' * 2013, ''Dragonville'', vol. 3 : ''Empois'' * 2016, ''Étincelle'' * 2018, ''La petite voleuse de perles'' * 2019, ''Habiller le cœur''

Children's literature

* 2015, ''Sueurs froides'' * 2021, ''À l'eau''

Short stories

* 2018, "Moucheuse", in ''Treize à table'', edited by

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and Geneviève Lefebvre

Translation

* 2017, ''Les gens de Shenzhen'', by

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Essays

* 2022, ''À nos filles'', Michèle Plomer and Justine Latour

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Plomer, Michele 1965 births Living people 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women novelists Canadian novelists in French Canadian children's writers in French Canadian women children's writers 21st-century Canadian translators 21st-century Canadian women writers Novelists from Montreal