Roxane Desjardins
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- Writer
- editor
- general manager
Roxane Desjardins | |
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 Desjardins in 2016 | |
| Born | 1991 (age 34–35) |
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| Language | French |
| Genre | Poetry |
Roxane Desjardins (born 1991) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. She is the editor and general manager of the publishing house, Les Herbes rouges.[1]
Roxane Desjardins was born in Montreal in 1991.[2]
She began her literary practice with the artist's book and the fanzine.[3] Her first collection of poetry, Ciseaux, was published in 2014 by Les Herbes rouges. She won the Prix Émile-Nelligan as well as the Prix Félix-Leclerc de la poésie and was longlisted for the Prix des libraires du Québec.[4][5] In 2016, her story, Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire, was published by Les Herbes Rouges, for which she was a finalist for the 2017 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit.[6]
Desjardins served on the editorial board of the magazine Moebius between 2016 and 2018.[7] Le Revers, her second collection of poetry, was published by Herbes Rouges in 2018, and was a finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit.[8] These three works received critical acclaim.[9][10][11] The same year, she published La Poésie des Herbes rouges, an anthology co-edited with Jean-Simon DesRochers. Desjardins became publisher and general manager of Les Herbes rouges in 2021.[1][12]
