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Nicole Brossard

Born

in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

November 27, 1943

Genre

Poetry

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Born in Montreal (Quebec), poet, novelist and essayist Nicole Brossard published her first book in 1965. In 1965 she cofounded the influential literary magazine La Barre du Jour and in 1976 she codirected the film Some American Femnists. She has published eight novels including Picture Theory, Mauve Desert, Baroque at Dawn, an essay "The Aerial Letter" and many books of poetry including Daydream Mechanics, Lovhers, Typhon dru, Installations, Musee de l'os et de l'eau. She has won the Governor General award twice for her poetry (1974, 1984) and Le Grand Prix de Poesie de la Foundation les Forges in 1989 and 1999. Le Prix Athanase-David, which is for a lifetime of literary acheivement, was attributed to her in 1991. That same year she receive ...more

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	Mauve Desert by Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood (Translation) 3.55 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon by Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood (Translation) 3.93 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Museum of Bone and Water by Nicole Brossard, Robert Majzels (Translation), Erín Moure (Translation) 3.82 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notebook of Roses and Civilization by Nicole Brossard, Erín Moure (Editor), Robert Majzels (Translation) 4.18 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ardour 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Piano by Nicole Brossard, Erín Moure (Translation), Robert Majzels (Translation) 3.77 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Would Be the First Sentence of My Next Novel 4.31 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picture Theory (Picas series) by Nicole Brossard, Barbara Godard (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aerial Letter by Nicole Brossard, Marlene Wildeman (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fences in Breathing by Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To write, for a lesbian, is to learn to take down the patriarchal posters in her room. It means learning to live with bare walls for a while. It means learning how not to be afraid of the ghosts which assume the color of the bare wall.”
― Nicole Brossard, The Aerial Letter

tags: feminism, lesbian, lesbian-literature

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“To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery.”
― Nicole Brossard

tags: debauchery, poetry

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“Je suis partout où je suis.”
― Nicole Brossard, La Capture du sombre

tags: being, epiphany

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