Rina Lasnier

Rina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville-Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal. Although she was the author of several plays, including Féerie indienne (her first published book in 1939), she is chiefly remembered as a poet.

Lasnier was the recipient of many honours, including the Prix David (1943 and 1974), the Ludger-Duvernay Prize (1957), the Molson Prize (1971), the Prix France-Canada (1973) and the Lorne Pierce Medal (1974). In 1987, she was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. She lived most her adult life in Joliette but returned to the St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu during her final years. A former church turned library in Joliette, Quebec was named after her.

Selected bibliography

Poetry

Images et proses - 1941

Madones canadiennes - 1944

Le Chant de la montée - 1947

Escales - 1950

Présence de l'absence - 1956

Mémoire sans jours - 1960

Les Gisants - 1963

L'arbre blanc - 1966

L'Invisible - 1969

La Salle des rêves - 1971

Poèmes (two volumes) - 1972

Le Rêve du quart jour - 1973

Amour - 1975

L'Échelle des anges - 1975

Les Signes - 1976

Matin d'oiseaux - 1978

Paliers de paroles - 1978

Entendre l'ombre - 1981

Voir la nuit - 1981

Plays

Féerie indienne - 1939

Le Jeu de la voyagère - 1941

Les Fiançailles d'Anne de Noüe - 1943

Notre-Dame du Pain - 1947

References

External links

Rina Lasnier's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia

1915 births

1997 deaths

Canadian women poets

Canadian women dramatists and playwrights

Grand Officers of the National Order of Quebec

Writers from Quebec

Canadian poets in French

Prix Athanase-David winners

20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights

20th-century Canadian poets

20th-century Canadian women writers

Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French

French Quebecers