Jocelyne Felx

Jocelyne Felx (born January 2, 1949) is a Quebec literary critic and writer.[1]

Biography

The daughter of Jeanne d'Arc Marleau and Laurier Chartrand,[2] she was born in Saint-Lazare de Vaudreuil and studied French literature at the Université de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.[1] In 1975, she published her first novel Les vierges folles.[2] Felx has contributed essays and critical writing to various literary magazines and has been poetry critic for Lettres québécoises.

Awards and honours

In 1982, she received the Prix Émile-Nelligan for Orpailleuse. Felx was awarded the Prix de littérature Gérald-Godin for her collection Les Pavages du désert. In 1995, La Pierre et les heures was included on the shortlist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry.[1]

Selected works

  • Les vierges folles (1975)
  • Les petits camions rouges (1975)
  • Feuillets embryonnaires (1980)
  • Orpailleuse (1982)
  • Nickel-odeon (1985)
  • Les Pavages du désert (1988)
  • Chute libre (1991)
  • La pierre et les heures (1995)
  • Poèmes choisis. Émile nelligan/le récital de l'ange (1997)
  • La question de Nicodème (2000)
  • L'échelle et l'olivier (2006)
  • Le nord des heures (2012)
Source for works:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Felx, Jocelyne" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  2. ^ a b New, William H, ed. (2002). "Deland, Monique". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. p. 352. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.


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