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Claire Legendre has been a professor of literary creation at the Université de Montréal since 2011. Originally from Nice, France, she studied at the Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, where she obtained a Doctorate in Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies in 2009. Her research focuses on the dramaturgy of Absurd theatre (Vian, Ionesco, Beckett, Arrabal), theatrical staging theories (Stanislavski, Artaud, Brecht), particularly on the issue of truth as a scenic and epistemological challenge in European theatre of the 20th and 21st centuries. Before teaching at the Université de Nice, she lived in Prague, where she taught creative writing from 2008 to 2011. She has authored novels, short stories, plays, and two autobiographical essays exploring fear and desire. In 2018, she produced a documentary film, Bermudes (nord), and in 2020, she led a collective project titled Nullipares, featuring texts from ten childless women authors. She is currently directing the CRILCQ, effective June 2025.
Université de Montréal • Montreal, Canada
Teaches literary creation, focusing on both creative writing and the intersection of literary forms.
Most programs require French B2 level; specific departments may require C1 or C2.