Gracia Couturier (born August 14, 1951) is a Canadian educator and writer.[1]
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Born | Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada | August 14, 1951
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Education | Université de Moncton (BEd) |
She was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick. She has lived in Moncton since the 1970s.[1] Couturier received a BEd from the Université de Moncton. She taught school for several years and completed a master's degree in French literature in 1994.[2]
She was a founding member of the Théâtre l'Escaouette in Moncton and was founding director of Théâtre de saisons du Centre universitaire de Shippagan.[3] Her work includes children's literature, novels, plays and haiku.[1] Couturier has also worked as a script writer and researcher for Radio-Canada.[3]
Selected works
editChildren's literature
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- Un tintamarre dans ma tête (2002)
- Le vœu en vaut-il la chandelle? (2003)
Novels
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- L'antichambre (1997)
- Je regardais Rebecca (1999)
- Chacal, mon frère (2010), received the Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada[1] and the Prix France-Acadie[4]
Plays
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- Les enfants, taisez-vous! (1983)
- Le gros ti-gars (1986)
- Mon mari est un ange (1988), also rewritten for television
- Les ans volés (1988)
- Enfantômes suroulettes (1989)
- Conséquences (2019)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Chacal, mon frère". Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada 2011. Radio Canada. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ "Gracia Couturier". Bouton d'or Acadie. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04.
- ^ a b c d "Gracia Couturier". Association acadienne des artistes professionnelles du Nouveau-Brunswick.
- ^ a b "Gracia Couturier". New Brunswick Author Portal. Government of New Brunswick. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ "Conséquences (2019)". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27.