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Claire Dandurand

クレール・ダンドゥラン

Kureeru Dandūran

Aliases: Claire Dé
Pen Names: Claire Dé（Pen name）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1953-11-19 （Quebec, Canada）
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
writer, theatrical designer
Active Years
1982-2024
Influenced By
Anne Dandurand
Nominations
Nominated for 1999 Governor General's Award for French to English translation (translator), Nominated for 2004 Governor General's Award for English to French translation

Awards

Prix Stendhal
1989
Work: Le désir comme catastrophe naturelle
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La louve-garou

1982 Erotic short stories

Collection of erotic short stories co-authored with her sister

Eroticism

Le désir comme catastrophe naturelle

1989 Erotic short stories

Collection of erotic stories. Won Prix Stendhal

DesireNatural disaster

Chiens divers (et autres faits ecrasés)

1991 Short story collection

Short story collection

Sentimental a l'os

1991 Theatrical plays

Collection of theatrical plays

Sourdes amours

1993 Novel

Novel. Translated as Soundless Loves (1997)

Translations
  • Soundless Loves (trans. Lazer Lederhendler, 1997)

Bonheur, oiseau rare

1996 Novel

Novel. Translated as The Sparrow Has Cut the Day in Half (1999)

Translations
  • The Sparrow Has Cut the Day in Half (trans. Lazer Lederhendler, 1999)

Le cahier d'Hellman

2004 Translation

French translation of Hellman's Scrapbook by Robert Majzels. Nominated for Governor General's Award

Hôtel Septième-ciel

2011 Short story collection

Short story collection

Translations by Author

  • French translation of Hellman's Scrapbook by Robert Majzels

Translations of Works

  • Soundless Loves
  • The Sparrow Has Cut the Day in Half

Trivia

  • Twin sister of writer Anne Dandurand
  • Worked as a theatrical designer before devoting herself to writing