France Daigle

France Daigle
Born (1953-11-18) November 18, 1953 (age 72)
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
OccupationsNovelist, playwright, poet, columnist
SpouseBerthe Theriault
Writing career
Genresnovels, plays, poetry, weekly column in L'Acadie Nouvelle

France Daigle (born 18 November 1953) is a Canadian author of Acadian ethnicity. Born and raised in Moncton, New Brunswick, he has published nine novels and three plays. Daigle writes in French and has pioneered the use of the Chiac in her written dialogue. He uses standard French in her narration.

Career

Daigle was awarded the 1999 France-Acadie award for her novel Pas Pire and the 2002 Éloize award for Un fin passage. He has written three plays with the avant garde theatre company Moncton Sable. Daigle was formerly writer in residence at the University of Ottawa.

Daigle was awarded the 2011 Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts for French Language Literary Arts. The following year he won the Governor General's Literary Prize in French fiction for his novel Pour sûr, the result of ten years of work.

Pour sûr was selected for the 2019 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was defended by musician Édith Butler.

In 2022, Daigle came out as a non-binary trans male, stating that he would continue to use female pronouns professionally. Their transgender journey is discussed in Petit crayon pour faire mine.

In 2025, he was awarded the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize for his body of work.

Publications

Theatrical works

References

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  2. ↑ "Récipiendaires du prix France-Acadie". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Moncton Sable", Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ "2011 LGA Winners". artsnb. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Moncton Acadian author thrilled by top literary prize". CBC New Brunswick. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "5 combattants dans le ring du Combat national des livres". Ici Radio-Canada, April 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ Pascale Savoie-Brideau, "« Libérée, soulagée » : France Daigle lève le voile sur sa transidentité". Ici Radio-Canada, July 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Transidentité : France Daigle raconte son cheminement | OHdio | Radio-Canada". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  9. ↑ "« Je vais all out sur toutes les affaires qui me tentent » : entrevue avec France Daigle". Discours/e (in Canadian French). 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  10. ↑ "France Daigle – Petit crayon pour faire mine – Le Boréal Express". express.editionsboreal.qc.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2026-06-23.
  11. ↑ Sylvie Mousseau, "France Daigle remporte un prix littéraire LGBTQ+ au festival Métropolis bleu". L'Acadie Nouvelle, March 25, 2025.