Martine Audet’s imagery is never shocking; images are used to dig deeper into the confines of an ever-blossoming intuition.
~ David Cantin, Le Devoir
Martine Audet’s poem speaks low; she manages parcimously poetic strategies, and anchors her work on the shores of classical soundness…
~ Bertrand Laverdure, Moebius
Martine Audet writes about the fragile equilibrium of our lives, and about the ferment inside each one of us, the flashes and emergencies that make up living.
~ Geneviève Toussaint, Québec français
Born in 1961, Martine Audet is the author of seven books of poetry. Her work has been published in the most important anthologies of French-language poetry in Canada. Her poetry has garnered illustrious awards, including the Prix Estuaires des Terrasses St. Sulpice and the Prix Alain-Grandbois. She has been a finalist for the Governor General Award of Canada three times. Audet also co-wrote a book of poems for children with Michel Van Schendel. She is presently on the editorial board of the poetry magazine, Estuaire.
Antonio D’Alfonso is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. He was also a publisher for thirty-three years. He lives in Montreal and Toronto. His latest collection of poems, The Irrelevant Man, appeared in 2014. |