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Posted: Tuesday March 23, 2010

Marie-Claire Blais

Born in 1939 in Quebec, Marie-Claire Blais continues to dominate the literary landscape. Having published her first novel at the age of twenty, she has gone on to publish twenty novels to date in France and Quebec—all of which have been translated into English—as well as five plays and several collections of poetry. All of her writings have met with international acclaim. Winner of the Prix Médicis, the Prix Belgo-Canadien, the Prix France-Québec and many others, Blais continues to devote herself to work that is proud and exacting. Most recently, she has been invited, as one of the very few foreigners allowed, to join the Belgium’s Academy of French Language and Literature.

LATEST Marie-Claire Blais NEWS

September 2010 : Translator to the Stars

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QUOTES OF NOTE

Dürer's Angel

A writer who stand head and shoulders above her contemporaries.
— Globe & Mail

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QUOTES OF NOTE

The Execution

A brilliant play about the maturation of evil.
— CHQM

American Notebooks
Marie-Claire Blais
Translated by Linda Gaboriau
Non-Fiction

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The Angel of Solitude
Marie-Claire Blais
Translated by Laura Hodes
Fiction

9780889221116sm

Dürer's Angel
Marie-Claire Blais
Translated by David Lobdell
Fiction

9780889221031sm

The Execution
Marie-Claire Blais
Translated by David Lobdell
Drama

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