Martine Delvaux
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Martine Delvaux | |
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| Born | December 10, 1968 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer, essayist, academic |
| Language | French |
| Alma mater | University of Ottawa, University of Michigan |
| Genre | Fiction, essays |
| Subject | Feminism |
| Notable works | Blanc dehors, Le boys club, Ça aurait pu être un film |
| Notable awards | Grand Prix du livre de Montréal (2020) |
Martine Delvaux (born December 10, 1968) is a Canadian writer, essayist, and academic from Quebec.[1] She is best known for her 2015 novel Blanc dehors, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix des libraires du Québec in 2016.[2] Her 2020 essay Le boys club won the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal,[3] and her 2023 book Ça aurait pu être un film, centered on Hollis Jeffcoat, Joan Mitchell, and Jean-Paul Riopelle, was a finalist for the Prix Médicis essai.[4][5]
Born in Quebec City and raised in the Outaouais, Delvaux later lived in the United States and England.[6] She studied French literature at the University of Ottawa and completed a doctorate in French literature at the University of Michigan.[7] After teaching at the University of Southampton, she joined the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she teaches in the Department of Literary Studies.[8][7] Her fiction and essays often address feminism, stereotypes, and the transmission of women's voices.[6]
