Martine Delvaux
Martine Delvaux | |
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| Born | December 10, 1968 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Ottawa, University of Michigan |
| Occupations | Writer, essayist, academic |
| Writing career | |
| Language | French |
| Genres | Fiction, essays |
| Subject | Feminism |
| Notable works | Blanc dehors, Le boys club, Ça aurait pu être un film |
| Notable awards | Grand Prix du livre de Montréal (2020) |
Martine Delvaux (born December 10, 1968) is a Canadian writer, essayist, and academic from Quebec.[1] She is best known for her 2015 novel Blanc dehors, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix des libraires du Québec in 2016.[2] Her 2020 essay Le boys club won the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal,[3] and her 2023 book Ça aurait pu être un film, centered on Hollis Jeffcoat, Joan Mitchell, and Jean-Paul Riopelle, was a finalist for the Prix Médicis essai.[4][5]
Biography
Born in Quebec City and raised in the Outaouais, Delvaux later lived in the United States and England.[6] She studied French literature at the University of Ottawa and completed a doctorate in French literature at the University of Michigan.[7] After teaching at the University of Southampton, she joined the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she teaches in the Department of Literary Studies.[8][7] Her fiction and essays often address feminism, stereotypes, and the transmission of women's voices.[6]
Works
Fiction
Non-fiction
- Femmes psychiatrisées, femmes rebelles. De l'étude de cas à la narration autobiographique (1998)
- Histoire de fantômes. Spectralité et témoignage dans les récits de femmes contemporains (2006)
- Les Filles en série. Des Barbies aux Pussy Riot (2013)[11]
- Nan Goldin. Guerrière et gorgone (2014)
- Le monde est à toi (2017)[12]
- Thelma, Louise et moi (2018)[13]
- Le boys club (2020)[3]
- Je n'en ai jamais parlé à personne (2020)[14]
- Pompières et pyromanes (2021)[15]
- Les allongées (2022, with Jennifer Bélanger)[16]
Honours
- Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction for Blanc dehors (2016)[2]
- Shortlisted for the Prix des libraires du Québec for Blanc dehors (2016)[2]
- Winner of the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal for Le boys club (2020)[3]
- Finalist for the Prix Médicis essai for Ça aurait pu être un film (2024)[5]
References
- ↑ "Martine Delvaux : quand le féminisme est une langue maternelle". C'est fou... Ici Radio-Canada Première. 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 3 4 "Blanc dehors". Éditions Héliotrope. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 3 "Martine Delvaux honorée". Université du Québec à Montréal. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 "Ça aurait pu être un film". Éditions Héliotrope. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 "Martine Delvaux en lice pour le prix Médicis". La Presse. 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 "Delvaux, Martine". L'Île. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 "Martine Delvaux". Université du Québec à Montréal. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Écrire, enseigner, dénoncer". Montréal Campus. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Livres : questions en rafale à Martine Delvaux". Métro. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Il faut beaucoup aimer les femmes qui pleurent". Éditions Héliotrope. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Martine Delvaux : de la production des filles". La Presse. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Le monde est à toi". Éditions Héliotrope. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Martine Delvaux: sur la route des femmes". La Presse. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Je n'en ai jamais parlé à personne". Éditions Héliotrope. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Pompières et pyromanes". Éditions Héliotrope. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Bibliographie du Québec, vol. 55, no 7 (juillet 2022)". Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- French-language Canadian novelists
- French-language Canadian non-fiction writers
- Canadian women non-fiction writers
- Writers from Quebec City
- Academic staff of the Université du Québec à Montréal
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Canadian women novelists
- Novelists from Montreal
- Quebec writer stubs
- Canadian non-fiction writer stubs
- Canadian novelist stubs
