Monique Deland

She is the daughter of André Deland,[1] (1926-1979, Geology Professor at Sir George Williams / Concordia University) who taught her the love of science according to her Discours de réception à l'Académie des lettres du Québec [1] and Suzanne Lapointe (sister of Jean Lapointe, a Quebec actor).

She won the Prix Québec-Amérique in 1998 for her master's degree thesis Rivages, Pour une esthétique de l'ambivalence.

[2] She received the Grand Prix de Poésie Le Noroît in 1993 for Ta présence à peine.

She also was awarded two prizes from the Festival international de la Poésie at Trois-Rivières : in 2010 the Prix Félix-Antoine-Savard,[2] and in 2019 the Grand Prix Quebecor du Festival international de Poésie for her most recent book J'ignore combien j'ai d'enfants.

[2] Source:[2] Discours de réception à l'Académie des lettres du Québec