Colette Nys-Mazure

Colette Nys-Mazure (born 14 May 1939) is a Belgian poet, essayist, playwright, and novelist writing in French.^[1]

Colette Nys-Mazure in 2019

She was born in Wavre.^[2] She received a master's degree in modern literature from the Catholic University of Leuven. From 1961 to 1999, she taught French literature.^[3]

Following the death of her parents, she moved to Tournai.^[2]

She also writes books for young people and essays.^[4] Her work has been translated into English, German, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Czech, Swedish and other languages.^[2]

Selected works

• La vie à foison, poetry (1975)
• D'amour et de cendre, poetry (1977)
• Pénétrance, poetry (1981), received the Prix Charles Plisnier [fr]
• Haute enfance, poetry (1990), received the Grand Prix de Poésie pour la Jeunesse awarded by the French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports
• Singulières et plurielles, poetry (1992)
• Tous locataires, play (1993) with Françoise Lison-Leroy [fr]
• La Criée d'aube, poetry (1995)
• Le For intérieur, poetry (1996), received the Prix Max-Pol Fouchet [fr] de Poésie
• Contes d’espérance, short stories (1998)
• Dix minutes pour écrire, play (2002)
• Seuils de Loire, poetry (2003)
• Sans y toucher, short stories (2004), received the Prix Maurice et Gisèle Gauchez-Philippot [fr]^[1]
• Perdre pied, novel (2008)

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