Monique Pariseau

Monique Pariseau (born 1948) is a Canadian writer and educator living in Quebec.

She was born in Quebec City, Quebec, and grew up there and in Saint-Vallier. From 1983 to 1985, she taught at Safi, Morocco. She went on to teach French and literature at the Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, settling in Saint-Hippolyte. She retired from teaching in 2009.[1][2]

Her first novel Les Figues de Barbarie, set in Morocco and published in 1990, finished second in the Prix Robert-Cliche competition for 1990. Her novel Le Secret was a finalist for the Prix Elle-Québec.[1] She received second prize for her story "Brin de nid" in the Prix littéraires de Radio-Canada.[2]

Selected works[2]
  • Objets de mémoires, stories (1997)
  • La Fiancée du vent, novel (2003)
  • Jeanne Barret, novel (2010)

References
  1. "Pariseau, Monique" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
  2. "Monique Pariseau, lauréate du 2e prix catégorie Récit". Journal Le Nord (in French). March 24, 2011.
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