Charlotte Gingras

Charlotte Gingras (born December 10, 1943) is a Canadian author living in Quebec.[1]

She was born in Quebec City and studied teaching and the plastic arts. Gingras taught primary school, gave workshops on creativity for adults and did freelance work as a visual artist.[1]

Her book La liberté? Connais pas received the 1999 Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature. She received the same award in 2000 for Un été de Jade. In 2004, she received a Mr. Christie's Book Award for La boîte à bonheur.[1] Her book Guerres was awarded the Prix Alvine-Bélisle in 2012.[2]

Selected works[1]

  • Les Chats d'Aurélie, youth novel (1994)
  • L'Ile au géant, youth novel (1995)
  • Les sorts, stories (1999)
  • Freihet nimmt man sich, translated into German from La liberté? Connais pas by Rosemarie Griebel-Kruip (2001)
  • Emily's piano, translated from La boîte à bonheur by Susan Ouriou (2005)
  • Pieces of me, translated from La liberté? Connais pas by Susan Ouriou (2009)[3]
  • Ophélie, youth novel (2008)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gingras, Charlotte". l'Infocentre littéraire des écrivains (in French).
  2. ↑ "Prix Alvine-Bélisle pour Guerres". Les libraires (in French). November 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Pieces of Me". CM Magazine. May 1, 2009.
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