Denise Desautels Biography

Denise Desautels, born 1945 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has since 1975 published more than 30 books of poetry and prose poetry as well as five radio plays.

She has been a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec since 1995 as well as a member of the organisation committee of the international authors convention in Quebec. Her literary oeuvre is like archaeology of the intimate. She sets herself off on the search for language that evolves from its everyday usage and makes it possible to reach other people through its innate, intimate nature.