Georgette LeBlanc (poet)

Georgette LeBlanc (born April 27, 1977) is a Canadian poet and translator, most noted for serving as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2018 and 2019.Dory Cerny, "Georgette LeBlanc named Canada’s new parliamentary poet laureate". Quill & Quire, February 13, 2018.

Born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and raised in Baie-Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia,Peter Zimonjic, "Georgette LeBlanc named Canada's new parliamentary poet laureate". CBC News, January 14, 2018. she was educated at Université Sainte-Anne and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her first poetry collection, Alma, was published in 2006,Désiré Nyela, "LeBlanc Georgette, Alma, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, collection « Poésie », 2006, 112 p. ISBN 978-2-922992-41-0". Port Acadie, Vol. 22-23 (Fall 2012). pp. 259–262 and won the Prix Félix-Leclerc de la poésie in 2007."Georgette LeBlanc remporte un prix prestigieux". Radio-Canada, September 6, 2007.

She won the Governor General's Award for English to French translation at the 2020 Governor General's Awards for her translation of Susan Goyette's poetry collection Ocean."La Québécoise Sophie Létourneau lauréate d’un Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, June 1, 2021. She was also previously nominated for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards for her own poetry collection Prudent.

Works Alma (2006) Amédé (2010) Prudent (2013) Le Grand Feu (2016) Petits poèmes sur mon père qui est mort (2022)

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