Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 20, 2014
• Invested on: September 23, 2015

For her contributions to Quebec literature as a poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and professor.

Louise Dupré has contributed to the advancement of literature in several ways. A leading figure of Quebec poetry, she is also a novelist, playwright, essayist, literary critic and professor. She is renowned as an expert in women’s writing and taught creative writing for 20 years at the Université du Québec à Montréal, supporting many up-and-coming writers. She also served as secretary general of the Académie des lettres du Québec, oversaw the Rencontre québécoise internationale des écrivains, and was the editor of the prestigious research journal Voix et Images.