# Carole David

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**Carole David** (born July 25, 1955) is a [Quebec](/source/Quebec) poet and novelist.[1]

## Biography

The daughter of Clothilde Fioramore and Guy David, she was born in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) and earned a [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in literary studies from the [University of Sherbrooke](/source/University_of_Sherbrooke).[1] She was a member of the editorial committee for the magazine *Spirale* from 1980 to 1982 and for the magazine *Estuaire* from 1993 to 1996. She also worked as a reader for the publishing house VLB éditeur from 1979 to 1988. David has taught at the [Cégep du Vieux Montréal](/source/C%C3%A9gep_du_Vieux_Montr%C3%A9al). She was head of the Public Lending Rights Program at the [Canada Council for the Arts](/source/Canada_Council_for_the_Arts) from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, she was elected president of the Maison de la poésie de Montréal.[2]

David received the [Prix Émile-Nelligan](/source/Prix_%C3%89mile-Nelligan) for *Terroristes d'amour* in 1986. In 1996, she was awarded the Terrasses Saint-Sulpice poetry prize by the magazine *Estuaire* for her poetry collection *Abandons*. Her novel *Impala*, published in English and Italian in 1994, was a finalist for the Journal de Montréal prize and for the City of Montreal prize. *La Maison d'Ophélie* was included on the shortlist for the [Governor General's Award for French-language poetry](/source/Governor_General's_Award_for_French-language_poetry) in 1999.[3] She received the [Prix Alain-Grandbois](/source/Prix_Alain-Grandbois) in 2011 for her collection *Manuel de poétique à l'intention des jeunes filles*;[2] the same collection was also included on the shortlist for the Governor General's poetry award.[4]

In 2020 she was named the recipient of Quebec's [Prix Athanase-David](/source/Prix_Athanase-David) for lifetime achievement in literature.[5]

## References

1. New, William H (ed.) (2002). ["David, Carole"](https://books.google.com/books?id=Mkh2vJ_9GpEC&pg=PA276). *Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada*. pp. 276–77. ISBN 0-8020-0761-9.

1. ["David, Carole"](http://www.litterature.org/recherche/ecrivains/david-carole-152/) (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.

1. Val Ross, "Small presses triumph on G-G shortlist: Once again, fiction finalists form a separate list from the country's other major literary prize". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, October 20, 1999.

1. "Nominees for the 2010 Governor-General's Literary Awards". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, October 13, 2010.

1. Billy Robinson, ["Le prestigieux prix Athanase-David est remis à Carole David"](https://revue.leslibraires.ca/actualites/les-prix-litteraires/le-prestigieux-prix-athanase-david-est-remis-a-carole-david/). *Les Libraires*, November 6, 2020.

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