Gloria Escomel

Gloria Escomel
Born (1941-10-15) October 15, 1941 (age 83)
Montevideo, Uruguay

Gloria Escomel (born October 15, 1941) is a Uruguayan-born Canadian writer.[1] She first moved from Uruguay to France in 1960 to study literature at the Université de Paris,[1] later moving to Canada to pursue her doctorate at the Université de Montréal.[1]

Escomel was a lecturer at the Université du Québec à Montréal from 1978 to 1988, and wrote as a journalist for publications including Châtelaine, L'Actualité, Perspectives, La Gazette des femmes, Le Devoir, La Liberté and La Nouvelle barre du jour.[1] She received the Judith Jasmin Award in 1988 for her Gazette article "Quelle vieillesse vous préparez-vous: un âge d'or ou d'argent?"[1]

Escomel has also published novels, short stories and radio plays for Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne,[1] as well as numerous policy documents for the Government of Quebec on disability, LGBT and human rights issues.

Escomel is an out lesbian.[2]

Works

  • 1980 - La table d'écoute ou le temps-spirale (play)
  • 1980 - Tu en parleras… et après ? (play)
  • 1981 - J'enfante ma mémoire (play)
  • 1981 - Des bâtons dans les roues (play)
  • 1983 - La surdoublée (play)
  • 1988 - Fruit de la passion (novel)
  • 1992 - Pièges (novel)
  • 1994 - Les eaux de la mémoire (short stories)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bill Marshall, Will Kaufman, Cristina Johnston, eds. France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. p. 418. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1851094113.
  2. ^ W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (chapter "Gay and Lesbian Writing", pp. 418-422). University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619.
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