Anne-Marie Alonzo

Anne-Marie Alonzo
Born(1951-12-13)December 13, 1951
Alexandria, Egypt
DiedJune 11, 2005(2005-06-11) (aged 53)
AwardsOrder of Canada

Anne-Marie Alonzo, CM (December 13, 1951 – June 11, 2005) was a Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher.

Born in Alexandria, Egypt, to a father of Palestinian descent and a mother of Syrian and Maltese descent,[1][2][3] she immigrated to Quebec in 1963, when she was twelve. In 1966, at the age of 15, she was the victim of a car accident which left her quadriplegic and using a wheelchair.[4]

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976, a Master of Arts degree in 1978, and a Ph.D. in French studies in 1986 from the Université de Montréal.

The author of 20 books, her poetry collection, Bleus de mine, received the Prix Émile-Nelligan in 1985 and was nominated for the 1985 Governor General's Awards. She co-founded Trois magazine. In 1989, she launched the Festival littéraire de Trois.[1]

In 1996, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Fondatrice du Festival de Trois - Décès d'Anne-Marie Alonzo". Le Devoir (in French). June 14, 2005. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  2. ^ Bishop, Michael (1996). Thirty Voices in the Feminine: Beauvoir, Ernaux, Yourcenar ... (in French). Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-0008-7.
  3. ^ Dahab, Elizabeth (2010). Voices of Exile in Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-1879-5.
  4. ^ Peterson, Maureen (June 12, 1981). "Author fights handicap label". The Montreal Gazette.