Michel Dallaire
Canadian writer
Michel Dallaire (January 7, 1957 – April 25, 2017) was a Canadian novelist and poet. He was most noted for his novel Violoncelle pour une lune d'automne, which won the Trillium Book Award for French language children's literature and the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen in 2015.
Born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Dallaire grew up in the small mining town of Manitouwadge, where he attended primary and secondary school before moving to Sudbury in 1977 where he lived for the remainder of his life and career. In addition to poetry and fiction work, he also wrote songs that were performed by musicians including Stef Paquette, Chuck Labelle and Paul Demers.
Works
Fiction
L'oeil interrompu – 1985
Dans ma grande maison folle – 1995
L'enfant de tout à l'heure – 2000
Famien (sa voix dans le brouillard) – 2005
l'anarchie des innocences – 2007
Violoncelle pour lune d'automne – 2014
Poetry
Regards dans l'eau – 1981
Cinéma muet – 1990
Ponts brûlés et Appartenances – 1998
(le pays intime) – 1999
À l'écart du troupeau – 2003
l'écho des ombres – 2004
l'éternité derrière – 2008
pendant que l'Autre en moi t'écoute – 2010
dégainer – 2013
le souffle des dragons – 2016
nomadismes – 2016
External links
Michel Dallaire. Discography at Discogs.com.
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