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Jennifer Couëlle

b. 1965

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Born 1965. Jennifer Couëlle is a Canadian poet, writer, children's writer, art historian, art critic and translator.

Jennifer Couëlle (born in Italy) is a children's book author based in Montreal, Canada. Her albums and collections of poems have been published in France and Canada.

Biography Couëlle is granddaughter of the French architect Jacques Couëlle, and daughter of the painter Jérôme Couëlle. She is an art historian. She completed her master's thesis on "Kitsch as a Modernist Device" at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1991.

From 1989 to 2001, she was an art and theater critic for numerous publications, including art press, Canadian Art, Cahiers de théâtre Jeu, Variable Sky, Sculpture Space, Esse, ETC, Parachute, Possibles, Spirale and Vie des arts. She has also been a cultural journalist for Le Devoir, Elle Québec and La Presse.

During this period, she also curated several exhibitions, including L'Empreinte du vide (André Jasinski), Mois de la photo in Montreal, Galerie Clark and Galerie Trois Points (1999); Antidote (lightness at work), and Galerie Plein Sud (1998); Tattoos (Mark Garland), Gallery B-312 (1997) and Louis Muhlstock, The Draftsman / Un dessinateur at the Saidye Bronfman Arts Center (1989).

Works in French

Le cœur dans la tête, Éditions Pour penser à l'endroit, Cholet, 2005 La souris qui vit plus loin que le bout de son nez, Éditions Pour penser à l'endroit, Cholet, 2005 Un chat sous les draps, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2007 "Poèmes", Riveneuve Continents n° 6, Riveneuve Éditions, Paris, 2008 Ballons au ciel, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2008 "Garçon à la mer", Riveneuve Continents n° 8, Riveneuve Éditions, Paris, 2009 Je t'aime comme toi, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2009 C'est bleu c'est vert, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2009 Coucou bonheur !, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2010 Noël : Biscuits pas cuits et autres récits, Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2011 . Mon meilleur meilleur ami, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2011 Princesse Paola à la maternelle, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2012 Cent enfants imaginent comment changer le monde, Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 Palin – Un caprice au dentifrice, Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 Palin – Une sortie sens dessus dessous, Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 Papoumamie, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2013 Palin – Le tricot rouge, Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 Palin – Je veux un animal de compagnie !, Éditions de la Bagnole, Montréal, 2013 La magie de Sami, Planète rebelle, Montréal, 2014 Le bisou, Dominique et Compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2014 L’homme sans chaussettes, éditions de l’Isatis, Montréal, 2015 Peinture comme printemps, Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 Sans manches comme l'été, Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 Tricoté comme l'automne, Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 Ange comme hiver, Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2017 Le monde de Méry, Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2019 Espoir, Dominique et compagnie, Saint-Lambert, 2020

Works in English Kiss, Kiss translation of Le Bisou by Karen Simon, illustrator Jacques Laplante. Pajama

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Important facts

Born
1965, Italy
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Education
Université du Québec à Montréal, McGill University
Employers
Art Press, Canadian Art, Vie des arts

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Canadian writer

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Jennifer Couëlle was born in 1965 in Italy.

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Jennifer Couëlle is a poet, writer, children's writer, art historian, art critic and translator.

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Jennifer Couëlle is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

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· Wikidata: Q16645705

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