Jeanne-Mance Delisle
Jeanne-Mance Delisle (born June 24, 1941; some sources say 1939) is a Quebec writer.[1]
The daughter of Rollande Fiset and Sebastien Delisle,Barraute and grew up in the Abitibi region of Quebec.[2] She was a member of Théâtre de Coppe and the Centre dramatique de Rouyn.[3] Her first play Un "reel" ben beau, ben triste was awarded the Prix littéraire Abitibi-Témiscamingue. She received the Governor General's Award for French-language drama in 1987 for Un oiseau vivant dans la gueule; the play was later translated into English as A live bird in its jaws. Delisle has written for both the theatre and television.[4]
Selected works[3][4]
- Un rire oublié, play (1979)
- Le Mémoire d'or, play (1980)
- Nouvelles d'Abitibi, stories (1991), received the Grand Prix de la prose from the Journal de Montréal
- La bête rouge, novel (1996)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.
- ISBN 2858167982.
- ^ a b "Delisle, Jeanne-Mance". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b "Delisle, Jeanne-Mance" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
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