Colette Nys-Mazure in 2019

Colette Nys-Mazure (born 14 May 1939) is a Belgian poet, essayist, playwright, and novelist writing in French.[1]

She was born in Wavre.[2] She received a master's degree in modern literature from the Catholic University of Leuven. From 1961 to 1999, she taught French literature.[3]

Following the death of her parents, she moved to Tournai.[2]

She also writes books for young people and essays.[4] Her work has been translated into English, German, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Czech, Swedish and other languages.[2]

Selected works

  • La vie à foison, poetry (1975)
  • D'amour et de cendre, poetry (1977)
  • Pénétrance, poetry (1981), received the Prix Charles Plisnier
  • Haute enfance, poetry (1990), received the Grand Prix de Poésie pour la Jeunesse awarded by the French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports
  • Singulières et plurielles, poetry (1992)
  • Tous locataires, play (1993) with Françoise Lison-Leroy
  • La Criée d'aube, poetry (1995)
  • Le For intérieur, poetry (1996), received the Prix Max-Pol Fouchet de Poésie
  • Contes d’espérance, short stories (1998)
  • Dix minutes pour écrire, play (2002)
  • Seuils de Loire, poetry (2003)
  • Sans y toucher, short stories (2004), received the Prix Maurice et Gisèle Gauchez-Philippot[1]
  • Perdre pied, novel (2008)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Colette Nys-Mazure" (in French). Association des Écrivains belges de langue française.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Colette Nys-Mazure" (PDF). Dossiers littérature française de Belgique (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Colette Nys-Mazure, accordée au vivant" (in French). Éditions Luce Wilquin.
  4. 1 2 Van Den Bremt, Stefaan (2007). Poetas Belgas de Lengua Francesa. Jardines de Belgica (in Spanish). Translated by Campos, Marco Antonio. p. 62. ISBN 978-9703238217.
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