Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska

Ouellette-Michalska was born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec. She studied arts at the Université de Montréal, the Université du Québec and the Université de Sherbrooke, where she received a PhD degree in 1987. ==Career==

Ouellette-Michalska began writing professionally in the 1960s. One of her well-known works is the 1984 novel La Maison Trestler, a work of historical fiction. Her diary, La Tentation de dire, was published in 1985 and broadcast on CBC Radio-Canada. As well as fiction, Ouellette-Michalska also published a number of essays, including ''L'Amour de la carte postale in 1987. She has contributed as a journalist to publications such as Perspectives and Le Devoir''. Ouellette-Michalska's sixth novel, ''L'Ete de l'ile de grace'', won the 1993 France-Quebec literary prize. ==Works==

• 1968: Dôme, short story • 1979 : La Femme de sable, 112 pages, (also translated into English as The Sandwoman, 112 pages, ) • 1981 : ''Entre le souffle et l'aine'', poetry, 156 pages, • 1981 : ''L'Échappée de discours de l'œil'', essay, 344 pages, • 1984 : ''La Maison Trestler, ou Le 8e jour d'Amérique, novel. (also translated by W. Donald Wilson into English as The Trestler House'', 300 pages, ) • 1985 : La Tentation de dire ("The temptation of saying"), diary, 172 pages. • 1987 : ''L'Amour de la carte postale: Impérialisme culturel et différence ("Postcard love"), essay, 260 pages, Le Plat de lentilles ("Lentil dish"), novel, La Danse de l'amante'' ("Lover's dance"), theatre, 64 pages, • 1989 : La fête du désir, novel, 149 pages. • 1990 : La termitière, 150 pages, • 1992 : Léo-Paul Tremblé, biography • 1993 : ''L'Été de l'île de Grâce'' ("The summer of Grace's Island"), novel, 280 pages. • 1997 : La Passagère ("The passenger"), novel, 192 pages, • 1999 : Les Sept Nuits de Laura ("Laura's seven nights"), novel, 123 pages, • 2000 : ''L'Amérique un peu'' ("A little bit of America"), poems • 2002 : Le Cycle des migrations ("Cycle of migrations"), poems, • 2006 : ''L'Apprentissage'' ("The apprenticeship"), novel, 138 pages, . • 2007 : Autofiction et dévoilement de soi ("Self-fiction and self-unveiling"), essay, 156 pages. • 2010 : ''Imaginaire sans frontières: Les lieux de l'écriture'', 216 pages, • 2012 : ''La Parlante d'outre-mer'', 200 pages. ==Prizes==

• 1981 - Winner, Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction for ''L'échappée des discours de l'oeil'' • 1984 - Finalist, Governor General's Award for French-language fiction for La Maison Trestler • 1984 - Winner, Prix Molson du roman for ''La Maison Trestler ou le 8ème jour d'Amérique'' • 1985 - Inducted into the Académie des lettres du Québec • 1993 - Prix Jean-Hamelin, ''L'Été de l'île de Grâce'' • 1993 - Prix Arthur-Buies • 1998 - Gold Medal from the Renaissance française • 2002 - Grand Prix littéraire de la Montérégie ==References==