User:MrLinkinPark333/sandbox/Georgette Leblanc (poet)

Early life and education
Leblanc was born in St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia on 27 April 1977. Growing up, LeBlanc took part in theatre and dance. During high school, LeBlanc applied to become a page for the Parliament of Canada but did not receive the position.

For her post-secondary education, LeBlanc first earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Université Sainte-Anne in the late 1990s. After studying musical development for a master's degree, LeBlanc went to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and specialized in French.

Career
In January 2018, LeBlanc was selected to replace George Elliott Clarke as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. At the start of her tenure, LeBlanc wrote a poem for International Women's Day. Additional subjects that LeBlanc wrote as poet laureate between 2018 to 2019 were about Gord Downie and Centre Block.

Apart from poetry, LeBlnac began teaching in 2007 for Université Sainte-Anne. In 2012, LeBlanc was a co-writer of the last season of Belle-Baie, which aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. That year, LeBlanc was a featured singer on Radio Radio's album Havre de Grâce.

Themes and inspirations
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For Le Grand Feu, LeBlanc used a fictional work by Alphonse Deveau as a basis for her book about the 1820 St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia fire.

Some poets that LeBlanc cited as inspirations include Herménégilde Chiasson, Philip Levine, Al Purdy, and Lorna Crozier.

Honours and personal life
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With Alma, LeBlanc won the 2007 Prix littéraire Antonine-Maillet–Acadie Vie.

In 2017, LeBlanc received the Prix Champlain for Le Grand Feu.

For nominations, Prudent was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 2014.

In her personal life, LeBlanc has three children.