Louise Dupré

Louise Dupré (born July 9, 1949) is a Quebec poet and novelist.

The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a PhD in literature from the latter institution. From 1981 to 1984, she was a member of the publishing collective Éditions du Remue-Ménage. In 1988, she became a member of the editorial committee for the magazine ''Voix et Images : Littérature québécoise''; she served as director from 1995 to 1998. She taught at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Her poetry collection ''La Peau familière'' (1983) received the Prix Alfred-DesRochers. In 1999, she was admitted to the Académie des lettres du Québec and, in 2002, to the Royal Society of Canada. Provided by Wikipedia