Chloé LaDuchesse

Canadian poet

Chloé LaDuchesse is a Canadian poet from Sudbury, Ontario,^[1] whose collection Exosquelette was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2021 Governor General's Awards,^[2] and the 2022 winner of the Trillium Book Award for French Poetry.^[3]

LaDuchesse published her first collection, Furies, in 2017,^[4] and was a Trillium nominee in 2018.^[5] She served as the poet laureate of the City of Greater Sudbury from 2018 to 2020, although her time in the position was marked by a minor controversy when the city rescinded its invitation for her to read the poem she had written for the inauguration ceremony for the new Greater Sudbury City Council following the 2018 Greater Sudbury municipal election.^[6]

LaDuchesse published her debut novel L'Incendiare de Sudbury in 2022.^[7] It was selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by journalist Brigitte Noël.^[8]

References

^ "3 northern Ontario writers in the running for Governor General's Awards". CBC Northern Ontario, October 15, 2021.
^ Martin Nolibé, "Prix du Gouverneur général: une nomination posthume pour Serge Bouchard". Métro, October 14, 2021.
^ Deborah Dundas, "Toronto writer Ann Shin wins $20,000 Trillium Prize for North Korean novel ‘The Last Exiles’". Toronto Star, June 21, 2022.
^ "Former Greater Sudbury poet laureate releases new book, ‘Exosquelette’". Sudbury.com, May 10, 2021.
^ Deborah Dundas, "Toronto's Cherie Dimaline, Catherine Hernandez are among Trillium Book Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 24, 2018.
^ "Poet Laureate Chloe LaDuchesse dropped from mayor's inauguration ceremony". CBC Northern Ontario, December 6, 2018.
^ Paul-François Sylvestre, "L’incendiaire de Sudbury : jouer avec le feu et les mots". L'Express, September 30, 2022.
^ Bobby Therrien, "Un roman de Sébastien Bérubé candidat au Combat national des livres". L'Acadie Nouvelle, April 25, 2023.