Anne Hébert

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Anne Hébert, CC, OQ (pronounced [an eˈbɛʀ] in French) (August 1, 1916- January 22, 2000) of Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Quebec was a Canadian author and poet. Hébert's "Les Songes en Équilibre", 1942, was her first collection of poems published. Hébert was affiliated with Canada's first film bureau. She worked for Radio Canada, Film Board of Canada and National Film Board of Canada during the 1950s.^[1] Hébert was a cousin of Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau.^[2]

Hébert moved to Paris in the mid 1950s. She returned to Canada in the 1990s. Her last novel "Un Habit de lumière" was published in 1998. Hébert died of cancer of the bone, 22 January 2000, in Montreal.^[3]

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Poetry 1.3 Short stories and novellas 1.4 Theater 2 Film scripts 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Silent Rooms (Les chambres de bois) - (1958), ISBN 2-02-008805-3
• Kamouraska (Kamouraska) - (1970), ISBN 2-02-031429-0
• Children of the Black Sabbath (Les enfants du sabbat) - (1975), ISBN 2-02-006564-9
• Heloise (Héloise) - (1980), ISBN 2-02-005462-0
• In the Shadow of the Wind (Les fous de Bassan) - (1982), ISBN 2-02-006243-7
• The First Garden (Le premier jardin) - (1988), ISBN 2-02-009974-8
• The Burden of Dreams (L'enfant chargé de songes) - (1992), ISBN 2-02-015374-2
• Am I Disturbing You? (Est-ce que je te dérange?) - (1998), ISBN 0-88784-640-8
• A Suit of Light (Un habit de lumière) - (1999), ISBN 2-02-036742-4
• Collected Later Novels - (2003), ISBN 0-88784-671-8

[edit] Poetry

• Les songes en equilibre - (1942)
• Le tombeau des rois (The Tomb of the Kings) - (1953)
• Poèmes (Poems) - (1960)
• Selected Poems - (1987)
• Le jour n'a d'égal que la nuit (Day Has No Equal But the Night) - (1992), ISBN 2-89052-519-8
• Poèmes pour la main gauche - (1997), ISBN 2-89052-823-5

[edit] Short stories and novellas

• Le torrent (The Torrent) - (1950), ISBN 2-89406-033-5
• Aurélien, Clara, Mademoiselle et le Lieutenant anglais (Aurélien, Clara, Mademoiselle, and the English Lieutenant) - (1995), ISBN 2-02-023670-2
• Est-ce que je te dérange? (Am I disturbing you?) - (1998), ISBN 2-02-032310-9

[edit] Theater

• La Mercière assassinée
• Le temps sauvage - (1956)
• La cage suivi de L'île de la demoiselle - (1990)

[edit] Film scripts

• L'Éclusier (Lock-keeper) - (1953)
• The Charwoman - (1954)
• Midinette (Needles and Pins) - (1955)
• La Canne à pêche - (1959)
• Saint-Denys Garneau - (1960)
• L'Étudiant - (1961)
• Kamouraska - (1973)
• Les Fous de Bassan - (1987)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Anne Hébert's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
• English translation of one of Hébert's poems