France Daigle is a Canadian author. Born and based in Moncton, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, she has published six novels and three plays. She writes in French and has pioneered the use of the Chiac in her written dialogue.

She was awarded the 1999 France-Acadie award for her novel Pas Pire and the 2002 Éloize award for Un fin passage. She has written three plays with the avant garde theatre company Moncton Sable. She was formerly writer in residence at the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

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Publications

• Film d’amour et de dépendance, (1984)
• Histoire de la maison qui brûle, (1985)
• La Vraie Vie, (1993)
  • Real Life
• 1953. La Chronique d’une naissance annoncée, (1995)
  • 1953: Chronicle Of A Birth Foretold
• Pas pire (1998)
  • Just Fine (tr Robert Majzels
    Robert Majzels
    Robert Majzels is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and translator.- Life :Majzels was born in Montreal. In 1986, he graduated with a Master's degree in English Literature from Concordia University in Montreal, where he would later teach creative writing for thirteen years. Between 2000 and...
    
    , 1999, Anasi Press, winner of the Governor General's Award for French to English translation
    Governor General's Award for French to English translation
    This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-to-English translation.-1980s:*1987: Patricia Claxton, Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy*1988: Philip Stratford, Second Chance...
    
    , 2000)
• Un fin passage (2001)
  • A Fine Passage (tr Robert Majzels, 2001) (shortlisted for The ReLit Awards
    The ReLit Awards
    The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundland author Kenneth J. Harvey they are considered the pre-eminent literary prize in independent Canadian publishing...
    
    , 2003)
• Petites difficultés d'existence (2002)
  • Life's Little Difficulties

Theatrical works

• Moncton sable (1997) Moncton Sable Theatre
• Craie (1999) Moncton Sable Theatre
• Foin (2000) presented by Moncton Sable Theatre