Pauline Michel
Pauline Michel was born and raised in the beautiful Eastern Township region of Quebec. The youngest of a large family, she became interested in writing and the performing arts at an early age. Her first novel, Les yeux d'eau, was published in 1975. Since then she has published additional novels, a collection of poetry and educational textbooks. She loves the stage and has spent considerable time performing her own original music and texts in Quebec, Africa and throughout France. She has worked as a teacher and has been involved with film and television shows - both as a contributing writer and actress. She has written and sung for both adults and youth, and her video and CD Le tour du monde is a hit with children. Today, she makes her home in Montreal where she pursues her writing and valiantly tries to keep pace with the considerable demands of her appointment as the Poet Laureate of Canada. She tries to break down the barriers between the various ages of life, which she feels are nothing but a shift in time through the various stages of existence.
Selected
Awards
Adate à Productions 1989 Prize for La poupée abandonneé, for which she wrote both text and scenario;
Bursary from the Canadian Embassy in Paris for the tour Atelier imaginaire in south-western France.
Grant from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs for the play "FARFELU ou LES
SENS ENSORCELEURS"
Winner of the QUÉBEC EN CHANSONS contest as author/composer/performer
Selected Publications
Ce matin m'atteint, Arcade, n° 63: Éphémère, 2005.
Une carrière de silence, Brèves littéraires, 2004.
The United Slaves, Brèves littéraires: Concours Québec-Mexique, 2004.
Le tête-à-queue, Arcade, n° 61: Mascarade, 2004.
À Saint-Denys Garneau, Marcher avec Saint-Denys Garneau, anthologie québécoise, Sainte-Mélanie, Éditions Créations Bell'Arte, 2004.
Tu es lumière et tu retourneras en lumière, Le 11 septembre des poètes du Québec, Montréal, Trait d'union, 2002.
Une forêt dans Paris, Arcade, n° 48: La quête amoureuse, 1999.
Cassures, Arcade, n° 44: Illusions, 1998.
La chaise à bascule, L'instinct farouche, Montréal, Humanitas 1996.
L'assiette-à-tourmente, L'instant fragile, Montréal, Humanitas, 1995.
Un archipel d'existence, Les îles de l'âme, Montréal, Humanitas, 1994.
Le sablier et La bergerie du temps, En marge du calendrier, Montréal, Triptyque, 1994.
Books in Print
Les yeux d'eau, Granby, Éditions Gaudet,1975; Outremont, Lanctôt éditeur, 2002; Eyes of Water, Frederiction, Broken Jaw Press, traduction en anglais de Jonathan Kaplansky, 2006.
Le papillon de Vénus, Hull, Éditions Vents d'Ouest, coll. «Azimuts», 2000; Venus Butterfly, Frederiction, Broken Jaw Press, traduction en anglais de Jonathan Kaplansky, 2006.
Funambule / Tightrope, édition bilingue en français et en anglais, Frederiction, Broken Jaw Press, traduction en anglais de Nigel Spencer, 2006.
Frissons d'enfants / Haunted Childhoods, édition bilingue en français et en anglais, Montréal, XYZ éditeur, traduction en anglais de Nigel Spencer, 2006.
Mirage, Montréal, Éditions Hurtubise HMH, coll. «L'Arbre», 1978; Outremont, Lanctôt éditeur, 2004.
Le tour du monde, chansons, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Publications Chant de mon pays, 2000.
Cannelle et Pruneau dans les feuilles de thé, Les contes Passe-Partout, Télé-Québec, 1992.
À la claire fontaine, chansons et contes, Productions TVO, 1991.
L'œil sauvage, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Publications Chant de mon pays, 1988.
Hello Moineau, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Publications Chant de mon pays, 1985.
Pauline Michel
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