| Intro | Canadian writer |
| Is |
Writer Poet Novelist |
| From | Canada |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 28 August 1949, Mirabel |
| Age: | 70 years |
| Star sign | Virgo |
Yolande Villemaire (born 28 August 1949 in Mirabel, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet.
She obtained a Bachelor in theater (1970) and a master’s degree in letters (1974) from the University of Quebec at Montreal. She worked as an actor, and later became a professor of theatre. She has published books of poetry and novels since 1974. She won awards for “La vie en prose” (1980) and “La constellation des cygnes” (1985).
She has directed the collection “hieroglyph” in XYZ editor since 1999.
Honors
- 1980 – Young Writers Award from the Journal de Montreal, La Vie en prose
- 1979 – Award Competition works radio Radio-Canada, Beautiful Night
- 1985 – Roman Price, Journal de Montréal, the Cygnus
- 1995 – Edgar Award-Lespérance
- 1997 – Guest of Honor at the Salon du Livre de Montreal
- 1998 – Award-Yves Theriault Radio-Canada, Women of salt
- 1998 – Competition News Radio-Canada
- 2001 – Prix littéraires Radio-Canada poetry for The armor
- 2008 – International Poetry Prize Gatien Lapointe-Jaime Sabines
- 2009 – Career Awards Council of Arts and Letters from Quebec