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{{Short description|Canadian writer and literary critic}}
'''Lise Gauvin''' (born October 9, 1940) is a Canadian writer and literary critic from [[Quebec]].
==Biography==
She was born in [[Quebec City]] and pursued literary studies at [[Université Laval]] and the [[University of Vienna]]. She went on to earn a doctorate from the [[Paris-Sorbonne University]] in 1967. In 1969, she began teaching in the French studies department at the [[Université de Montréal]]; in 1998, she became department director. She was director for the review ''{{ill|Études françaises|fr}}'' from 1994 to 2000. She also contributed to various publications including ''[[Le Devoir]]''.<ref name=lile/>
In 1984, she was elected president of the Association des éditeurs de périodiques culturels québécois. In 1993, she was elected to the {{ill|Ordre des francophones d'Amérique|fr}} for her contributions to French language literature. In 2000, she became a member of the [[Académie des lettres du Québec]] and the [[Royal Society of Canada]]. In 2005, she was named a Chevalier in the French [[Ordre des Palmes Académiques]].<ref name=lile>{{cite web |url=http://www.litterature.org/recherche/ecrivains/gauvin-lise-222/ |title=Gauvin, Lise |publisher=Infocentre littéraire des écrivains |language=fr}}</ref> Gauvin was awarded the {{ill|Prix Acfas André-Laurendeau|fr}} in 2007 for her work.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/science/160165/prix-andre-laurendeau-que-signifie-etre-ecrivain-quebecois |title=Prix André-Laurendeau - " Que signifie être écrivain québécois ? " |newspaper=Le Devoir |date=October 13, 2007 |language=fr}}</ref> In 2015, she was named an Officer in the [[National Order of Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=3161 |title=Lise Gauvin |work=Ordre national du Québec |language=fr}}</ref>
== Selected works<ref name=lile/> ==
* ''Fugitives'' short stories (1991), received the  Prix des Arcades of [[Bologna]]
* ''L'écrivain francophone à la croisée des langues'' (1997), received the {{ill|Prix littéraire France-Québec|fr}}
* ''Langagement - l'écrivain et la langue au Québec'' (2000)
* ''Fabrique de la langue'' (2004)
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[[Category:Writers from Quebec City]]
[[Category:Université Laval alumni]]
[[Category:University of Vienna alumni]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the Université de Montréal]]
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