Marie-Claire Blais

Louise Forsyth (University of Saskatchewan)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.4: Canadian Writing and Culture: Francophone .
Vol. editors: Emir Delic (Université Sainte-Anne), Eftihia Mihelakis (Brandon University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 5 Oct 1939
Died 30 Nov 2021
Activity 1959-2021

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Humanist
Poet

Resources

Blais' Works

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Marie-Claire Blais, who was called “the greatest living writer born in Québec” when

Dans la foudre et la lumière

appeared in 2001, has published twenty-three works of fiction; more than twenty texts for stage, radio, television, film and video; two volumes of poetry; three works of non-fiction; and many articles. All of her novels, with the exception of

Augustino ou le choeur de la destruction

(2005), have been translated into English, most into many other languages. She has received numerous national and international prizes and awards: Prix de la langue française (1961), Guggenheim Fellowships (1963, 1964), Prix Médicis (1965), Prix France-Québec (1966), Governor-General's Literary Award (1968, 1979, 1996), doctorate

honoris causa

(York University, 1975; University of Ottawa,…

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Citation: Forsyth, Louise. "Marie-Claire Blais". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 August 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5281, accessed 27 November 2024.]

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