Yolande Villemaire (born 28 August 1949 in Mirabel, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet.
She obtained a Bachelor in theater (1970) and a master's degree in letters (1974) from the University of Quebec at Montreal.The Canadian Encyclopedia : Yolande Villemaire She worked as an actor, and later became a professor of theatre. She has published books of poetry and novels since 1974. She won awards for "La vie en prose" (1980) and "La constellation des cygnes" (1985).
She has directed the collection "hieroglyph" in XYZ editor since 1999.
Bibliography
Poetry
Machine Does Les Herbes rouges, Montreal, 1974 Whether the blood stage, Cul-Q Publishing, Montreal, 1977 Terre de mue, Éditions Cul-Q, Montréal, 1978 Earth moved, Cul-Q Publishing, Montreal, 1978 Hieroglyph side of what is called reality, Les Herbes rouges, Montreal, 1982 Adrenaline, Chillwind, Montreal, 1982 The land Coincidences, The Full Moon Hotel, 1983 Young women always the most beautiful red, urban Lips 8, Montreal, 1984 Quartz and mica, Les Ecrits des Forges (Quebec) and Castor Astral (France), 1985 The Indian moon, Les Ecrits des Forges, Trois-Rivieres, 1994 The walls of fog, The Writings of Forges, Trois-Rivieres, 1997 Amber and shade, Ecrits des Forges, Trois-Rivieres in 2000 and 2003 (paperback) Celeste sadness, Hexagon 1997, The Writings of Forges / Le Temps des Cerises, Trois-Rivières/Pantin, 2006 The armor, Ecrits des Forges (Quebec) and Phi (Luxembourg), 2009
Novels
Lynley White, Guerin, 1974, Typo, Montreal 1985 La Vie en prose, Les Herbes rouges, 1980 Typo Montreal, 1986 Amazon Angel, Red Grass, Montreal, 1982 Constellation The Swan, The Full Moon, 1985, Typo, Montreal, 1996 Vava, The Hexagon, Montreal, 1989 The God in the Hexagon, Montreal, 1995 Small red fruits, al. "Hieroglyph" XYZ éditeur, Montreal, 2001 The wave of Amsterdam, XYZ (Qc) and Le Castor Astral (France), 2003 Poets and centaurs, XYZ éditeur, Montreal 2005 India, India, XYZ éditeur, Montreal 2007
In translation
Quartz & Mica. Trad. Judith Cowen. Guernica, Montreal, 1987 Amazon Angel. Trad. by Gérald Leblanc, Guernica, Toronto, Canada 1993 Muros de niebla. Trad. by Silvia Pratt, Mantis Editores, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2003 Midnight Tides of Amsterdam Trad. by Leonard Sugden, Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2004 The Costellazioni del Cigno. Trad. by Osvaldo Lanzolla. WIP Edizioni, Bari, Italy, 2005 Poets & Centaurs. Trad. by Leonard Sugden. Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC Canada 2006 Celeste tristeza. Trad. by Gabriel Martin, Literalia Editores, Guadalajara Mexico 2006 The divinity danzante Trad. by Osvaldo Lanzolla. WIP Edizioni, Bari, Italy 2007 Little Red Berries. Trad. Leonard Sugden, Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC 2008 L'onda di Amsterdam.Trad. Lorella Martinelli, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Naples 2009 India, India. Trad. Leonard Sugden, Ekstasis Publishing, Victoria, BC, 2009 Quebec 2008, Co-edition Writings Forges (Quebec) and Bag Tags (France), 216 p. ( and ).
Joint collection of poetry in French with 20 authors whose Mongeau France, Yolande Villemaire, Claude Beausoleil, Denise Boucher, Stéphane Despatie, Claudine Bertrand for Quebec and Georges Bonnet, Odile Caradec, Bozi Raymond, Jean-Claude Martin, James Sacré, Josyane Bergey of Jesus for France.
Honors 1980 - Young Writers Award from the Journal de Montreal, La Vie en prose 1979 - Award Competition works radio Radio-Canada, Beautiful Night 1985 - Roman Price, Journal de Montréal, the Cygnus 1995 - Edgar Award-Lespérance 1997 - Guest of Honor at the Salon du Livre de Montreal 1998 - Award-Yves Theriault Radio-Canada, Women of salt 1998 - Competition News Radio-Canada 2001 - Prix littéraires Radio-Canada poetry for The armor 2008 - International Poetry Prize Gatien Lapointe-Jaime Sabines 2009 - Career Awards Council of Arts and Letters from Quebec
Notes
References Yolande Villemaire entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia