Roxane Desjardins (born 1991) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. She is the editor and general manager of the publishing house, Les Herbes rouges.[1]
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Born | 1991 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Language | French |
Genre | Poetry |
Biography
editRoxane Desjardins was born in Montreal, 1991.[2]
She began her literary practice with the artist's book and the fanzine.[3] Her first collection of poetry, Ciseaux, was published in 2014 by Les Herbes rouges. She won the Prix Émile-Nelligan as well as the Prix Félix-Leclerc de la poésie and was longlisted for the Prix des libraires du Québec .[4][5] In 2016, her story, Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire, was published by Les Herbes Rouges, for which she was a finalist for the 2017 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit.[6]
Desjardins served on the editorial board of the magazine Moebius between 2016 and 2018.[7] Le Revers, her second collection of poetry, was published by Herbes Rouges in 2018, and was a finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit.[8] These three works received critical acclaim.[9][10][11] The same year, she published La Poésie des Herbes rouges, an anthology co-edited with Jean-Simon DesRochers . Desjardins became publisher and general manager of Les Herbes rouges in 2021.[1][12]
Prizes and honours
edit- 2013, Prix Expozine for the best French-language book for Cannibale maison[13]
- 2014, Prix Émile-Nelligan for Ciseaux[14]
- 2015, Prix Félix-Leclerc for Ciseaux[15]
- 2015, Longlisted for Prix des libraires du Québec pour Ciseaux[7]
- 2015, Prix Expozine for the best French-language book for Avant le geste[16]
- 2017, Finalist, Governor General's Award of Canada, Children's Literature - Text category, for Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire[17]
- 2018, Finalist, Société de développement des périodiques culturels québécois (SODEP) Excellence Award[18]
- 2018, Finalist, Governor General's Award, Poetry category, for Le revers[17]
Selected works
editPoetry collections
edit- Ciseaux, Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2014, ISBN 9782894194621.
- Le Revers, Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2018, ISBN 9782894196335.
Narrative
edit- Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire, Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2016, ISBN 9782894195697.
Anthologies
edit- La Poésie des Herbes rouges, co-edited with Jean-Simon DesRochers, Montréal, Éditions Les Herbes rouges, 2018, ISBN 9782894196717.
- Constance succombe, illustrated by Coco-Simone Finken, 2013.
- Cannibale maison, illustrated by Coco-Simone Finken, 2013.
- Avant le geste, in collaboration with Félix Durand, livre d’artiste, 2015.
References
edit- ^ a b Dufour, Geneviève (17 May 2021). "Roxane Desjardins nommée à la tête des Herbes rouges". Revue Les libraires (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Roxane Desjardins". Tout à coup - La poésie (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Rencontre d'écrivains du CRILCQ avec Roxane Desjardins, " Une hanche et demie " – CRILCQ" (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Les laureats du prix Emile-Nelligan". fondation-nelligan.org (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2023 – via archive.wikiwix.com.
- ^ "Roxane Desjardins". Les Herbes rouges (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ Beaulieu, Isabelle (4 October 2017). "Les finalistes des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général 2017". Revue Les libraires (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ a b Bell, Vanessa; Cormier-Larose, Catherine (2021). Anthologie de la poésie actuelle des femmes au Québec, 2000-2020. Montréal: Les éditions du remue-ménage. p. 76. ISBN 9782890917347. OCLC 1248931408.
- ^ "Livres gagnants et finalistes précédents". Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ Corriveau, Hugues (10 January 2015). "Deux premiers recueils convaincants". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ Wiele, Aurélie Van de (16 April 2019). "De la négation absolue à la révolte : la théorie camusienne illustrée par la poétique des Fleurs du mal". Camus, l'artiste (in French). Presses universitaires de Rennes. pp. 257–265. ISBN 978-2-7535-5709-3. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ Dancause, Florence (27 October 2016). "La pénombre de l'adolescence. Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire de Roxane Desjardins". artichautmag.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ Collard, Nathalie (2 May 2021). "L'actualité des livres". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "2013". Expozine (in French).
- ^ "Les lauréats du prix Émile-Nelligan". www.fondation-nelligan.org (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ "Prix Félix-Leclerc de poésie". www.fiptr.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ "2015 - Expozine". expozine.ca (in French). 16 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Gagnants et finalistes précédents des LivresGG". Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général (in French).
- ^ "Les prix d'excellence de la SODEP finalistes 2018" (PDF). www.sodep.qc.ca (in French).