Monique Bosco

Monique Bosco (June 8, 1927[1] May 27, 2007) was an Austrian-born Canadian journalist and writer. She received the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1970 for her novel La femme de Loth.[2]

She was born in Vienna into an Austrian-Jewish family, and was educated in France. Bosco came to Canada in 1948. She worked for Radio Canada International from 1949 to 1952, as a researcher for the National Film Board of Canada from 1960 to 1962 and as a columnist for La Presse, Le Devoir and Maclean's. Bosco also taught literature at the Université de Montréal.[2]

Her work included poetry:

short stories:

and novels:

Bosco was awarded the Prix Athanase-David in 1996[3] and received the Prix Alain-Grandbois for her poetry in 1992.[4]

She died in Montreal at the age of 79.[2]

References

  1. "Bosco, Monique" (in French). Les Prix du Québec. 1996.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Toussaint, Ismène. "Monique Bosco". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. "Bosco, Monique". Jewish Virtual Library.
  4. "Prix Alain-Grandbois (poésie)" (in French). Académie des lettres du Québec.


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