Anique Poitras (May 22, 1961 – December 19, 2016) was an award-winning writer in Quebec, Canada, whose work was aimed mostly at adolescent readers.

She was born in L'Épiphanie and lived there until the age of 13. Poitras received a bachelor's degree in literary studies from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Anique Poitras

Poitras published a number of poems in the literary journal Revue des Écrits des Forges; twice, her poetry received honourable mention for the . Her first novel La Lumière blanche, the first book in her Sara trilogy, was a finalist for the awarded at the . The books in the Sara trilogy each received a Prix Livromanie in 1993, 1994 and 1998. The two-volume La Chambre d'Éden, the last book in the trilogy, was a finalist for the Mr. Christie's Book Awards. She participated in many book fairs and public readings and also held writing workshops. She lectured on creative writing at the University of Laval.

Anique Poitras

Poitras died on December 19, 2016 at the age of 55.

Anique Poitras

Selected works

Sara trilogy: La Lumière blanche (1993), La Deuxième Vie (1994), La Chambre d'Éden, two volumes (1998) Roman de Sara, novel (2000) Isidor Suzor, novel (2002), received the Prix Chronos Vacances La Chute du corbeau, novel (2003), received second prize in the Mr. Christie's Book Awards and the Prix international du Salon du livre de Québec

References

1961 births

2016 deaths

Writers from Quebec

Canadian women poets

Canadian poets in French

Canadian women novelists

Canadian novelists in French

Université du Québec à Montréal alumni

20th-century Canadian poets

20th-century Canadian novelists

20th-century Canadian women writers

21st-century Canadian novelists

21st-century Canadian poets

21st-century Canadian women writers

Academic staff of Université Laval

French Quebecers