Marie-Célie Agnant


Marie-Célie Agnant is an author who has been living in Quebec, Canada, since 1970. In 2023, she was appointed the tenth Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
Agnant is a writer of poems, novels and novellas, and she has also published children's books. She is also a storyteller and occasionally appears with the Bread & Puppet Theater of Vermont. Her works have been translated into Spanish, English, Dutch, Italian, Catalan and Korean. Her books include Silence Like Blood, which was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award, and La Dot de Sara.

Works

Novels

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News nonfiction

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Poetry

Balafres, Centre international de documentation et d'information haïtienne, caribéenne et afro-canadienne, 1994.
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Children's literature

Alexis d'Haïti, Montreal, Hurtubise, 1999; reprint, Hurtubise HMH,  “Atout” collection no. 30  , 2006. Maïté’s Christmas, Montreal, Hurtubise, 1999. Alexis, son of Raphaël, Montreal, Hurtubise, 2000; reprint, Hurtubise HMH,  "Atout” collection no. 47  , 2006. Twenty Little Steps to Maria, Montreal, Hurtubise, 2001. Maria, Maria, Maria, Montreal, Hurtubise, 2001. The Magic Orange Tree, Montreal, Les 400 coups, 2003. The Legend of the Loving Fish, Montreal, Mémoire d'encrier, 2003. The Night of the Armadillo: an Aymara tale from the Peruvian forest, Montreal, Les 400 coups, 2008. A little round happiness, Ed. Bouton d'Or Acadie, New Brunswick, 2019