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Nicole Brossard

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born

November 27, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

gender

female

genre

Poetry

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Born in Montreal (Quebec), poet, novelist and essayist Nicole Brossard published her first book in 1965. In 1965 she cofounded the influential literary magazine La Barre du Jour and in 1976 she codirected the film Some American Femnists. She has published eight novels including Picture Theory, Mauve Desert, Baroque at Dawn, an essay "The Aerial Letter" and many books of poetry including Daydream Mechanics, Lovhers, Typhon dru, Installations, Musee de l'os et de l'eau. She has won the Governor General award twice for her poetry (1974, 1984) and Le Grand Prix de Poesie de la Foundation les Forges in 1989 and 1999. Le Prix Athanase-David, which is for a lifetime of literary acheivement, was attributed to her in 1991. That same year she receive...more

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Books by Nicole Brossard

Average rating: 3.99 · 191 ratings · 19 reviews · 38 distinct works

	Mauve Desert by Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood (Translation) 3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon by Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood (Translation) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Notebook of Roses and Civilization by Nicole Brossard, Erin Moure (Editor), Robert Majzels (Translation) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Intimate Journal 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Picture Theory 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	My rating:
	She Would Be The First Sentence Of My Next Novel 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	My rating:
	Museum of Bone and Water by Nicole Brossard, Robert Majzels (Translation), Erin Moure (Translation) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Blue Books 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	The Aerial Letter 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fences in Breathing by Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood (Translation) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Nicole Brossard

“Je suis partout où je suis.”
― Nicole Brossard, La Capture du sombre

tags: being , epiphany

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“[...] cela m'excite de penser à tout ce qui fuit dans la vie au nom de la vie.”
― Nicole Brossard, La Capture du sombre

tags: irony , life , paradox

1 person liked it

“La terrasse bruisse d'un va-et-vient de tons montants, descendants, neutres qui font comme des exclamations et des glissades d'eau au milieu du chant des oiseaux.”
― Nicole Brossard, La Capture du sombre

tags: musicality