Sylvie Bérard

Canadian academic and science fiction writer

Sylvie Bérard (born 1965) is a Canadian academic and science fiction writer.^[1]

Born in Montreal,^[1] she studied semiotics at the Université du Québec à Montréal and went on to lecture for the Department of French and perform post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto.^[2] She later lectured on Quebec literature at Trent University; she also was director of the Department of languages and modern literature.^[3]

Bérard began publishing short stories in 1987.^[1] Her short story "La Guerre sans temps" received a Prix Aurora Award.^[4] She has published articles in a number of scholarly journals. She is also a member of the editorial board for the journal XYZ.^[2]

Selected works^[1]

Elle meurt à la fin, novel (1993) with Brigitte Caron
Les 50 romans d'amour qu'il faut lire (1996) with Julia Bettinotti and Gaëlle Jeanneson^[2]
Terre des Autres (2004), translated as Of Wind and Sand (2009), received the Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada^[3]
La Saga d'Illyge (2011), nominated for an Aurora award^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bérard, Sylvie". Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sylvie Bérard". York University.
^ ^a ^b "La science-fiction: de la perspective à la prospective" (PDF). Université du Québec à Montréal.
^ "Prix Aurora". Revue Solaris.(in French)
^ "Nominations, Prix Aurora/Boréal 2012". Prix Aurora Awards.(in French)