Hélène Ouvrard
Hélène Ouvrard (November 3, 1938 – January 6, 1999) was a Quebec writer.[1]
Biography
The daughter of Bernadette Boily and Jean de la Salle Ouvrard, she was born in
Canada Council for the Arts and from the Quebec Ministry of Cultural Affairs.[3]
In 1982, she won first prize in the Radio-Canada's Concours d'oeuvres dramatiques radiophoniques. She was awarded the Swiss Prix de la nouvelle in 1983 for L'Ange. Radio Suisse Romande dedicated a week to her radio plays in 1983.[1]
Ouvrard wrote the text for a book published in 1980 based on the film J.A. Martin Photographer.[1] Although mainly known for her novels, she also published poetry, short stories and other prose.[3]
Selected works
Source:[3]
- La fleur de peau (1965)
- Le coeur sauvage (1967)
- Le Corps étranger (1973)
- L'herbe et le varech (1977)
- La noyante (1980), shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1980[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Ouvrard, Hélène" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
- ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
- ^ a b c "Fonds Hélène Ouvrard" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
- ^ "Cumulative list of winners" (PDF). Governor General's Literary Awards.
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