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Rachel Leclerc
Rachel Leclerc (born July 9, 1955) is a Quebec poet and novelist.[1] BiographyLeclerc is the daughter of Rose Aimee Landry and Germain Leclerc. She was born in Nouvelle on Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula.[1] Leclerc studied in Rimouski[2] and went on to earn a master's degree in creative writing at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1985. In 1984, she published her first collection of poems Fugues.[1] WorksHer poetry collection Les vies frontalières, published in 1991, received the Prix Émile-Nelligan and the Prix Jovette-Bernier and was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1994. Her collection Rabatteurs d'étoiles received the Prix Alain-Grandbois in 1995 and was included on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1994. Leclerc has also received the Prix littéraires Radio-Canada in 2006 and the Prix du Marché de la Poésie de Montréal in 2008.[2][3] She published her first novel Noces de sable in 1995.[1] Her novel Ruelle Océan appeared on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 2001.[4] Leclerc has also written articles for the literary journal Lettres Québécoises and has worked as an editor for television subtitles.[2] References
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