Nicole Houde (November 1, 1945 – February 2, 2016) was a Quebec writer.[1][2]
The daughter of Thérèse Simard and Roland Houde, she was born in Saint-Fulgence[2] and studied education at the École normale Bon-Pasteur and anthropology at the Université de Montréal. Her short stories have been published in various periodicals including Moebius, Arcade and Un Lac, un Fjord.[3] Her first novel La malentendue, published in 1983, received the Prix des Jeunes Écrivains of the Journal de Montréal.[1]
Selected works
- La Maison du remous (1986), received the Prix Hervé-Foulon in 2013[4]
- L'Enfant de la batture (1989), received the Prix Air Canada and was a finalist for the Molson Prize
- Lettres à cher Alain (1990)
- Les Inconnus du jardin, novel (1991), was a finalist for the Molson Prize
- Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse (1994), received the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
- La chanson de Violetta (1998)
- Je pense à toi (2008)
- Source for works:[1]