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The Last Woman

Selected Poems 1991-2001

by (author) C.L.A.U.D.I.N.E. BERTRAND

translated by A.N.T.O.N.I.O. D'ALFONSO

Publisher
Guernica Editions
Initial publish date
Aug 2006
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550712360
    Publish Date
    Aug 2006
    List Price
    $15.00

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The Last Woman, a selection from twenty years of poetry, is a voyage into being and living, into the country where a woman reveals herself without fear. This lyricism of survival emerges directly from an intimacy of words spoken by one in search of roots, loving, and spirituality. French critic, Jean-Pierre Faye, says: "Claudine Bertrand stands between Gaston Miron and Tristan Tzara: a Quebec poet who invents her own new language." This selection includes poems from La dernière femme (1991), L'amoureuse intérieure (1997), Tomber du jour (1999), Le corps en tête (2001), and Jardin des Vertiges (2002).

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Contributor Notes

Claudine Bertrand was born in Montreal. Author of over twenty books of poetry, she has won the Prix Femmes de mérite 1997, has received the Médaille d'or du Rayonnement culturel de la Renaissance française, and won the Prix international de poésie Tristan Tzara 2000-2001. She lives in Montreal.