Françoise Lepage
Françoise Lepage | |
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| Born | December 29, 1945 Saint-Amand-Montrond, France |
| Died | January 23, 2010 (aged 64) Ottawa, Canada |
| Spouse | Yvan Lepage |
Françoise Lepage (December 29, 1945 – January 23, 2010) was a Franco-Ontarian educator and writer.[1]
She was born in Saint-Amand-Montrond, France, came to Canada in 1969 and settled in Ottawa in 1976. She taught children's literature at the University of Ottawa. Lepage had also worked as a librarian and as a translator.[1]
She published Histoire de la littérature pour la jeunesse in 2000, which won the Prix Gabrielle Roy, the Prix Champlain and the Prix du livre de la Ville d'Ottawa,[2] and then Dictionnaire des auteurs et des illustrateurs. She also published Paule Daveluy ou la passion des mots.[1]
Lepage wrote a number of children's books and had also begun to write some adult fiction.[2]
Her husband Yvan Lepage died in 2008.[1] She died in Ottawa at the age of 64 from cancer.[3]
Selected works[2][]
- Poupeska (2006), received the Trillium Book Award and was nominated for a Governor General's Award
- Soudain l'étrangeté (2010)
- La fileuse de pailles et autres contes, adapted from stories by (2011)[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Décès de l'écrivaine Françoise Lepage". L'Express. Toronto. February 9, 2010.(in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Françoise Lepage: In Memoriam". Project Muse. Johns Hopkins University.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Des contes de Germain Lemieux revus pour les jeunes". L'Express. Ottawa. February 2, 2011.
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