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Nicole Houde

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Nicole Houde (born November 1, 1945) is a Quebec writer.[1]

The daughter of Thérèse Simard and Roland Houde, she was born in Saint-Fulgence and studied education at the École normale Bon-Pasteur and anthropology at the Université de Montréal. Her short stories have been published in various periodicals including Moebius, Arcade and Un Lac, un Fjord.[2] Her first novel La malentendue, published in 1983, received the Prix des Jeunes Écrivains of the Journal de Montréal.[1]

Selected works[1]

  • La Maison du remous (1986), received the Prix Hervé-Foulon in 2013[3]
  • L'Enfant de la batture (1989), received the Prix Air Canada and was a finalist for the Molson Prize
  • Lettres à cher Alain (1990)
  • Les Inconnus du jardin, novel (1991), was a finalist for the Molson Prize
  • Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse (1994), received the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
  • La chanson de Violetta (1998)
  • Je pense à toi (2008)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Répertoire des écrivains et des écrivaines du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean" (PDF) (in French). Réseau Biblio du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.
  2. ^ New, William H, ed. (2002). Houde, Nicole. p. 511. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |encyclopedia= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Le Prix Hervé-Foulon du livre oublié". Le Quotidien (in French). March 27, 2013.