Hélène Dorion (born 21 April 1958 in Quebec City) is a Canadian poet, and writer. Dorion taught literature before heading Publisher Noroît from 1991 until 2000. She also conducted a series of audio recordings of poetry and music, and was writer in residence at the UQÀM and the University of Montreal. Dorion has published over twenty books of poetry, Without including board, not the end of the world (1995 ), The Walls of the Cave (1998), Portraits of the seas (2000), and delight: the places (2005). An anthology of her poems, prepared by Pierre Nepveu, entitled On the clay and breath, was published in pocket Éditions TYPO, and in 2006, Éditions de France published a retrospective of her poetry under the title Worlds fragile, frail things. Dorion is the author of fifteen artists' books, and her works are included in many anthologies. Her work appeared in Estuary (Quebec), the Courier of the International poetic Studies (Belgium), Cronica (Romania) and omens (France), and worked as a critical various cultural and literary publications. It has developed numbers of foreign journals devoted to poetry as well as Quebec anthologys and an edition of poems by Saint-Denys Garneau. In 2002, she published Days of sand, the story that won her the Prix Anne-Hébert, then in 2003, a work which brings together essays on writing, literature, and the role of art in society. Her first book La Vie bercée (2006), was nominated for three awards, including the Prix du Livre Jeunesse Library Montreal and The White Raven (Italy) . Translated and published in over fifteen countries, her work has earned her several honors and awards, including the Governor General of Canada, the Prix Alain-Grandbois, Aliénor Prize, the International Poetry Award-Walloon Brussels and the Prix du Festival International de Poésie de Romania. She was the first Quebecer to receive in 2005 the Mallarmé prize in France since 1937. In 2006, Dorion was received at the Académie des lettres du Québec and was named among the "Personalities of the Year" by the newspaperThe Gazette. In 2007, she was named Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec.[1] [edit] Awards - 2007: Named Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec.
- 2007: Finalist-Alvine Bélisle Award for The cradled Life
- 2007: Finalist for the Prix du livre jeunesse des bibliothèques de Montréal for The cradled Life.
- 2007: Selection White Ravens 2007, International Youth Library for The cradled Life .
- 2006: Recipient of the Governor General of Canada for delight: places.
- 2006: Election to the Académie des lettres du Quebec.
- 2005: Recipient of the Prix Mallarmé [France] for all her work to mark the publication of delight: places.
- 2004: Winner of the Prix Anne-Hébert's novel Days of sand.
- 2003: Finalist for the Prix des Libraires, Class novel Quebecois, for Days of sand
- 2003: Finalist Award spiral test for Days of sand.
- 1999: Recipient of the Prix Aliénor [France] for Stones invisible.
- 1998: Election to the Academy of Arts of Oradea in Romania.
- 1997: Winner of International Poetry Festival in Romania for The Issue, the resonance of the disorder.
- 1996: Winner of the Prix Alain-Grandbois de l'Académie des Lettres du Quebec for Without board, world without end.
- 1995: Recipient of the Award of the Society of Canadian writers for The Issue, the resonance of the disorder.
- 1993: Won the Grand Prix de la Culture des Laurentides, Letters category.
- 1992: Recipient of the International Prize for Poetry awarded Wallonia-Brussels Marché de la Poésie de Paris for the whole of her work.
[edit] Poetry - The Hours Hublot, Paris, Editions de La Différence, 2008, 112 p.
- Worlds fragile, frail things, Montréal, Éditions de France, collection "Retrospective", 2006, 808 p.
- Delight: places, Paris, Editions de La Différence, 2005, 2007, 117 p.
- Clay and breath, an anthology prepared by Pierre Nepveu, Montreal, Éditions Typo, 2002, 304 p.
- Portraits seas, Paris, Editions de La Différence, 2000, 128 p.
- Time windows, in collaboration with Marie-Claire Bancquart (Veiled / Unveiled), Montreal, Éditions Trait d'Union, 2000, 110 p. Exhausted.
- Bridges, dust, Rimbach (Germany) Editions Im Wald, 2000, p. 54
- The Walls of the Cave, Paris, Editions de La Différence, 1998, 96 p.
- Stones invisible, Julius Baltazar, Saint-Benoît-Du-Sault (France), Éditions Tarabuste, 1998, 60p. Saint-Hippolyte, Noroît Publishing, 1999, p. 60 (Sold out)
- No board, not the end of the world, Paris, Editions de La Différence, 1995, 2003, 120 p.
- The Issue, the resonance of disorder, Amay (Belgium) The Tree Lyrics, 1993, 60p. Saint-Hippolyte, Noroît Publishing, 1994, p. 60 Reprints The Issue, the resonance of disorder followed the imprint of the blue prints, Marc Garneau, Saint-Hippolyte, Noroît Publishing, 1999, 104 p.
- The Member of relief, Saint-Hippolyte and Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux (France), The co Noroît / Le Dé Bleu, 1991, 1993, p. 88 (Sold out)
- The Wind, disorder, forgetfulness drawings by Marc Garneau, Mont-sur-Marchienne (Belgium), L'Horizon Vertical Editions, 1991. (Sold out)
- A Face leaned against the world, drawings by Marc Garneau, Saint-Lambert and Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, The co Noroît / Le Dé Bleu, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 112 p. Reissue, Montreal, Éditions du Noroît collection "Oval", 2001.
- Life, its fragile passages, cover illustration by Michel Fourcade, Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, Éditions Le Dé Bleu, 1990, 112 pps.
- The time Corridors, Trois-Rivières, Les Ecrits des Forges, 1988, 1991, 117 p.
- The Alterations of the intimate, Saint-Lambert, Books Noroît, 1987, p. 99 Reissue, Montreal, Éditions du Noroît, 2004.
- Outside field, Montreal, Éditions du Noroît, 1985, 109 p. (Sold out)
- The extended follow-up interval of The Fall required drawings of the author, Montreal, Éditions du Noroît, series "moment after" 1983, p. 80
[edit] English Translations [edit] Editor - Hélène Dorion, ed (1993). Le Souffle du poème : anthologie de poètes du Noroît. Editions Pierre Tisseyre. ISBN 9782890515291.
[edit] Novels - Days of sand, Montreal, Éditions Leméac, 2002, 2004, 138p. Paris, Editions de La Différence, 2003, 111 p.
[edit] Essays - Under the arch of time, Montreal, Éditions Leméac, 2003, 96p. Paris, Editions de La Différence, 2005, 96 p. [expanded edition].
[edit] Youth Memoires - The cradled Life, (La Vie bercée) illustrations by Janice Nadeau, Montreal, Les 400 Coups, 2006, p. 48
[edit] References [edit] External links - The site of the Académie des lettres du Québec, for its links Bibliography note, his reception and the presentation speech given by Pierre Nepveu:
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
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