Linda Amyot
Linda Amyot (born June 28, 1958) is an award-winning Canadian writer living in the Lanaudière region of Quebec.[1]
She was born in Montreal and earned a master's degree in literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. During the 1980s and 1990s, Amyot published short stories in various Quebec literary magazines such as XYZ, Mœbius, Contre Ciel and Arcade. She works as an editor and as a writer of television documentaries and of audiovisual presentations for businesses. She also contributes to the literary magazine Nuit blanche. She helped create the À voix haute organization, which presents live performances by professional comedians of complete works or excerpts of works by Quebec authors. In 2011, she received the Prix à la création artistique awarded by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.[1]
Selected works
- Ha Long, novel (2004), finalist for the Prix Anne-Hébert and for the Prix Jacqueline-Déry-Mochon
- La fille d'en face (2010), won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and the Prix Jeunesse des libraires du Québec
- Le jardin d'Amsterdam (2013), received the Prix du livre jeunesse des bibliothèques de Montréal and the Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Amyot, Linda" (in French). L'Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.