Martine Audet

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| birth_date = October 15, 1961

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| occupation = poet

| period = 1990s-present

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| notableworks = Les tables, Tête première / Dos / Contre dos

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Martine Audet (born October 15, 1961) is a Canadian poet from Montreal, Quebec.[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/417654/poesie-envoutante-martine-audet "Envoûtante Martine Audet"]. Le Devoir, September 6, 2014.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1797589/sophie-letourneau-laureate-prix-litteraire-gouverneur-general "La Québécoise Sophie Létourneau lauréate d’un Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général"]. Ici Radio-Canada, May 5, 2021. She won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2020 Governor General's Awards for her poetry collection La Société des cendres.

She was previously a nominee at the 2000 Governor General's Awards for Orbites,"Writing and dreaming in different voices". The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2000. at the 2007 Governor General's Awards for Les manivelles,"List of literary awards nominees". Ottawa Citizen, October 17, 2007. at the 2011 Governor General's Awards for Je demande pardon à l'espèce qui brille"Recommended Reading: prize winners and finalists". Montreal Gazette, November 26, 2011. and at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for Tête première / Dos / Contre dos,[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/robyn-sarah-nicolas-dickner-among-montreal-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards "Robyn Sarah, Nicolas Dickner among Montreal finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. Montreal Gazette, October 7, 2015. and won the Prix Alain-Grandbois in 2001 for Les tables.

Selected works

Poèmes du lendemain ("Poems from the following day") (1993)
Les murs clairs ("The clear walls") (1996)
Doublures ("Stuffings") (1998)
Orbites ("Eye-sockets") (2000)
Les tables ("The Tables") (2001)
Les mélancolies ("The Wistful Sadnesses") (2003)
Que ferais-je du jour ("What Would I Make of the Day") (2005)
Les manivelles ("Cranks") (2006)
L'amour des objets ("The Love of the Objects") (2009)
Je demande pardon à l'espèce qui brille ("I Beg Forgiveness of the Shining Species") (2010)
Le ciel n'est qu'un détour à brûler ("The Sky is Just a Bend to Burn") (2010)
Des lames entières ("Some Whole Blades") (2011)
Des voix stridentes ou rompues (Some Voices either Shrill or Broken") (2013)
Tête première / Dos / Contre dos ("First Head / Back / Against Back") (2015)