title: Charlotte Gingras
text: # Charlotte Gingras
  
  Charlotte Gingras (born December 10, 1943) is a Canadian author living in Quebec.
  
  She was born in Quebec City and studied teaching and the plastic arts. Gingras taught primary school, gave workshops on creativity for adults and did freelance work as a visual artist.
  
  Her book La liberté? Connais pas received the 1999 Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature. She received the same award in 2000 for Un été de Jade. In 2004, she received a Mr. Christie's Book Award [fr] for La boîte à bonheur. Her book Guerres was awarded the Prix Alvine-Bélisle [fr] in 2012.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * Les Chats d'Aurélie, youth novel (1994)
  * L'Ile au géant, youth novel (1995)
  * Les sorts, stories (1999)
  * Freihet nimmt man sich, translated into German from La liberté? Connais pas by Rosemarie Griebel-Kruip (2001)
  * Emily's piano, translated from La boîte à bonheur by Susan Ouriou (2005)
  * Pieces of me, translated from La liberté? Connais pas by Susan Ouriou (2009)
  * Ophélie, youth novel (2008)
  