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Yolande Villemaire (born 28 August 1949 in Mirabel, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet.
She obtained a Bachelor in theater (1970) and a master's degree in letters (1974) from the University of Quebec at Montreal. She worked as an actor, and later became a professor of theatre. She has published books of poetry and novels since 1974. She won awards for "La vie en prose" (1980) and "La constellation des cygnes" (1985).
She has directed the collection "hieroglyph" in XYZ editor since 1999.
Bibliography
= Poetry
=Machine Does Les Herbes rouges, Montreal, 1974
Whether the blood stage, Cul-Q Publishing, Montreal, 1977
Terre de mue, Éditions Cul-Q, Montréal, 1978 Earth moved, Cul-Q Publishing, Montreal, 1978
Hieroglyph side of what is called reality, Les Herbes rouges, Montreal, 1982
Adrenaline, Chillwind, Montreal, 1982
The land Coincidences, The Full Moon Hotel, 1983
Young women always the most beautiful red, urban Lips 8, Montreal, 1984
Quartz and mica, Les Ecrits des Forges (Quebec) and Castor Astral (France), 1985
The Indian moon, Les Ecrits des Forges, Trois-Rivieres, 1994
The walls of fog, The Writings of Forges, Trois-Rivieres, 1997
Amber and shade, Ecrits des Forges, Trois-Rivieres in 2000 and 2003 (paperback)
Celeste sadness, Hexagon 1997, The Writings of Forges / Le Temps des Cerises, Trois-Rivières/Pantin, 2006
The armor, Ecrits des Forges (Quebec) and Phi (Luxembourg), 2009
= Novels
=Lynley White, Guerin, 1974, Typo, Montreal 1985
La Vie en prose, Les Herbes rouges, 1980 Typo Montreal, 1986
Amazon Angel, Red Grass, Montreal, 1982
Constellation The Swan, The Full Moon, 1985, Typo, Montreal, 1996
Vava, The Hexagon, Montreal, 1989
The God in the Hexagon, Montreal, 1995
Small red fruits, al. "Hieroglyph" XYZ éditeur, Montreal, 2001
The wave of Amsterdam, XYZ (Qc) and Le Castor Astral (France), 2003
Poets and centaurs, XYZ éditeur, Montreal 2005
India, India, XYZ éditeur, Montreal 2007
= In translation
=Quartz & Mica. Trad. Judith Cowen. Guernica, Montreal, 1987
Amazon Angel. Trad. by Gérald Leblanc, Guernica, Toronto, Canada 1993
Muros de niebla. Trad. by Silvia Pratt, Mantis Editores, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2003
Midnight Tides of Amsterdam Trad. by Leonard Sugden, Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2004
The Costellazioni del Cigno. Trad. by Osvaldo Lanzolla. WIP Edizioni, Bari, Italy, 2005
Poets & Centaurs. Trad. by Leonard Sugden. Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC Canada 2006
Celeste tristeza. Trad. by Gabriel Martin, Literalia Editores, Guadalajara Mexico 2006
The divinity danzante Trad. by Osvaldo Lanzolla. WIP Edizioni, Bari, Italy 2007
Little Red Berries. Trad. Leonard Sugden, Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC 2008
L'onda di Amsterdam.Trad. Lorella Martinelli, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Naples 2009
India, India. Trad. Leonard Sugden, Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC, 2009
Quebec 2008, Co-edition Writings Forges (Quebec) and Bag Tags (France), 216 p. (ISBN 978-2-89645-062-6 and ISBN 978-2-915299-26-7).
Joint collection of poetry in French with 20 authors whose Mongeau France, Yolande Villemaire, Claude Beausoleil, Denise Boucher, Stéphane Despatie, Claudine Bertrand for Quebec and Georges Bonnet, Odile Caradec, Bozi Raymond, Jean-Claude Martin, James Sacré, Josyane Bergey of Jesus for France.
Honors
1980 - Young Writers Award from the Journal de Montreal, La Vie en prose
1979 - Award Competition works radio Radio-Canada, Beautiful Night
1985 - Roman Price, Journal de Montréal, the Cygnus
1995 - Edgar Award-Lespérance
1997 - Guest of Honor at the Salon du Livre de Montreal
1998 - Award-Yves Theriault Radio-Canada, Women of salt
1998 - Competition News Radio-Canada
2001 - Prix littéraires Radio-Canada poetry for The armor
2008 - International Poetry Prize Gatien Lapointe-Jaime Sabines
2009 - Career Awards Council of Arts and Letters from Quebec
Notes
References
Yolande Villemaire entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
Constantin, Danielle (2003). "La Vie en prose de Yolande Villemaire ou la langue maternelle dans tous ses états". In Demoulin, Laurent; Bertrand, Jean; Gauvin, Lise (eds.). Littératures mineures en langue majeure: Québec, Wallonie-Bruxelles. Bruxelles: P.I.E.-Peter Lang. p. 135. ISBN 90-5201-192-3.