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Monique Bosco

モニーク・ボスコ

Monique Bosco

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1927-06-08 （Vienna）
Died
2007-05-17 （Montreal） age 79
Nationality
Austrian, Canadian
Languages
French
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Vienna, Austria → France (until 1931) → Saint-Brieuc and Marseille, France → Montreal, Canada

Career

Occupations
journalist, writer, professor, researcher
Active Years
1961-2005
Affiliations
University of Montreal, Radio Canada International, National Film Board of Canada, La Presse, Le Devoir, Maclean's

Education

University of Montreal
Faculty of Arts / French Literature and Creative Writing
Degree: PhD
Period: 1951-1953
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Canada
Masters 1951, PhD 1953

Awards

American First Novel Award
1961
Work: Un amour maladroit
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
1970
Work: La femme de Loth
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: 受賞
Prix Alain-Grandbois
1992
Work: Miserere
Category: 詩
Organization: Académie des lettres du Québec
Result: 受賞
Prix Athanase-David
1996
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Un amour maladroit

1961 novel

Her first novel depicting an unsteady love.

solitudealienation

La femme de Loth

1970 novel

A strong and bitter jeremiad of a rejected woman based on Lot's wife.

solitudebitternessrejectionrebellionguilt

New Medea

1974 novel

Transposition of Greek tragedy Medea into contemporary Quebec.

rageobsession

Portrait de Zeus peint par Minerve

1982 novel

Portrait of Zeus painted by Minerva, demystifying patriarchal values.

mythologypatriarchy critique

Sara Sage

1986 novel

Biblical Sarah recast in WWII France, raging against male-dominant values.

biblical mythgender

Bibliography

  • Jéricho (1971, poetry)
  • Un amour maladroit (1961, novel)
  • Les infusoires (1965, novel)
  • La femme de Loth (1970, novel)
  • New Medea (1974, novel)
  • Charles Lévy M.D. (1977, novel)
  • Schabbat 70-77 (1978, novel)
  • Portrait de Zeus peint par Minerve (1982, novel)
  • Sara Sage (1986, novel)
  • Boomerang (1987, short stories)
  • Clichés (1988, short stories)
  • Miserere 77-90 (1991, poetry)
  • Remémoration (1991, short stories)
  • Éphémères (1993, short stories)
  • Le jeu des sept familles (1995, novel)
  • Lamento 90-97 (1997, poetry)
  • Confiteor (1998, poetry)
  • Eh bien! la guerre (2005, novel)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic proserecurrent waves of words and phrasesmixing of mythological and historical figures
Recurring Motifs
solitudeincommunicationderacinationalienated female bodybitternessragetransposed myths

Legacy

Considered one of the pioneers of modern Québécois studies, known for singular, intense works exploring solitude and incommunication.