Jennifer Tremblay

Jennifer Tremblay (born 1973) is a Canadian writer living in Quebec.

She was born in Forestville. In 1990, she published a collection of poetry Histoires de foudre. She went on to graduate in creative writing at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1995. Tremblay contributed short stories and articles to various magazines and wrote episodes for the Radio-Canada television series Les Chatouilles and Bouledogue Bazar. In 2004, she published her first novel Tout ce qui brille.[1]

In 2004, she co-founded the publishing house Éditions de la Bagnole,[1][2] which publishes books for youth.[3] It is now part of Groupe Livre Québecor Média.[4]

Selected works[1][2]
  • Un secret pour Matisse, youth literature (2004)
  • Miro et les canetons du lac vert, youth literature (2006)
  • Sacha et son sushi, youth literature (2008)
  • Matisse et les vaches lunaires, youth literature (2009)
  • La Liste, play, received the Governor General's Award for French-language drama in 2008 and the Prix Michel-Tremblay in 2010[5] She also received an award from the Centre national du théâtre in France. Her play was translated into five languages.
  • Le Carrousel, play (2011)
  • La délivrance, play (2014)
  • Blues nègre dans une chambre rose, novel (2015)[3]

References
  1. "The List (La liste) a study guide" (PDF). Nightwood Theatre.
  2. "Tremblay, Jennifer" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  3. "Jennifer Tremblay" (in French). Centre des auteurs dramatiques.
  4. "Book Group". Québecor.
  5. "Prix Michel-Tremblay: deux prix pour six dramaturges". La Presse (in French). December 6, 2010.
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