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Monique Bosco (June 8, 1927 – May 27, 2007) was an Austrian-born Canadian journalist and writer. She received the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1970 for her novel La femme de Loth.
She was born in Vienna into an Austrian-Jewish family, and was educated in France. Bosco came to Canada in 1948. She worked for Radio Canada International from 1949 to 1952, as a researcher for the National Film Board of Canada from 1960 to 1962 and as a columnist for La Presse, Le Devoir and Maclean's. Bosco also taught literature at the Université de Montréal.
Her work included poetry:
- Jéricho (1971)
- Miserere 77-90 (1991)
- Lamento 90-97 (1997)
- Confiteor (1998)
short stories:
- Boomerang (1987)
- Clichés (1988)
- Remémoration (1991)
- Éphémères (1993)
and novels:
- Un amour maladroit (1961)
- Les infusoires (1965)
- New Medea (1974)
- Charles Levy (1977)
- Schabbat 70-77 (1978)
- Portrait de Zeus peint par Minerve (1982)
- Sara Sage (1986)
- Le jeu des sept familles (1995)
Bosco was awarded the Prix Athanase-David in 1996 and received the Prix Alain-Grandbois for her poetry in 1992.
She died in Montreal at the age of 79.