Danielle Charest
Danielle Charest (1951 – October 13, 2011)[1] was a Quebecois writer, a major figure in the Canadian radical lesbianism movement.[2]
Charest was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1951.[3] She graduated from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, having written her thesis on gender relations in crime fiction.[4][5] She subsequently obtained a higher degree in history, focusing on the treatment of lesbians and gay men in crime novels.[6] Charest subsequently worked various odd jobs: folk singer, apple picker, house painter, cook in a fast-food restaurant, taxi driver, horseback riding teacher for children, and French teacher for adults. These experiences helped inspire some of her later works.[4]
She co-directed a documentary film about violence against young girls, published several novels, and wrote in 1993 Ma maison, mon taxi, a biography of Fernande Chartrand, a taxi driver.[4] In 1982, she co-founded as part of a lesbian collective in Montreal the quarterly radical lesbian magazine Amazones d'Hier, Lesbiennes d'Aujourd'hui.[7]
She led debates on various subjects, published articles online, and contributed to Lesbia Magazine.[6][8] Her book Haro sur les fumeurs, jusqu'où ira la prohibition? ("Haro on Smokers: How Far Will Prohibition Go?"), published in 2008, studies the progression of anti-smoking laws in France in the international context. According to Charest, efforts to punish smokers are part of a larger framework of moralism that could have far broader implications.[9] Charest died in October 2011 at the Paris House for Women, a feminist collective, at age 60, after suffering an aneurism.[3][6]
Selected works[edit]
Crime novels[edit]
- L'Érablière, 1998
- L'Échafaudage, 1999
- L'Étouffoir, 2000
- L'Entrave, 2002
- Conte à rebours, 2003 (second edition in 2012)
Other works[edit]
- Ma maison, mon taxi, 1993
- Mais où est mais, 2000
- Tabac : Vérités et mensonges, 2006
- Lettreinfo, 2008
- Haro sur les fumeurs, jusqu'où ira la prohibition ?, 2008
- L'Enchilada, 2011
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Charest, Danielle (1951–2011).
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Faure, Sonya (March 7, 2017). "Christine Bard : "Il faut en finir avec le cliché des féministes bourgeoises"". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ a b Dockstader, Annick. "L'Enchilada – En finir avec l'objectification de notre corps". sisyphe.org. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Danielle Charest". JC Lattès, Le Masque (in French). August 15, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "LA LITTÉRATURE POLICIÈRE AU FÉMININ" (PDF). Les Polarophiles Tranquilles. October 2004.
- ^ a b c "Hommage à Danielle Charest (1951–2011)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'ANEF n° 61. Winter 2011.
- ^ For lesbians only : a separatist anthology. Hoagland, Sarah Lucia, 1945–, Penelope, Julia, 1941–. London: Onlywomen. 1988. ISBN 0-906500-28-1. OCLC 17619898.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ PMB Group. "Catalogue en ligne". bibliotheque.centrelgbtparis.org (in French). Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Haro sur les fumeurs: Jusqu'où ira la prohibition?". Presse-toi à gauche! Une tribune libre pour la gauche québécoise en marche (in French). April 29, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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- 1951 births
- 2011 deaths
- Canadian novelists in French
- Canadian women novelists
- Crime novelists
- Lesbian feminists
- Lesbian novelists
- Writers from Sherbrooke
- Canadian feminists
- Canadian LGBT novelists
- Canadian LGBT rights activists
- Canadian lesbian writers
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian LGBT people