Danielle Trussart, Date of Birth

Danielle Trussart

Quebec writer and painter

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1948

Profession: writer, painter, children's writer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Danielle Trussart (born December 3, 1948) is a visual artist and writer living in Quebec, Canada.She was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Trussart received her teaching certificate from the École normale Jacques-Cartier and went on to study Quebec studies, adult education and special education at the Université de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Montréal.
She co-founded an alternative school at Saint-Jérôme and taught at an alternative school in Sainte-Thérèse.
She also took workshops in visual arts.
Since 1993, she has lived at Baie-Saint-Paul where she operated an inn.Trussart established a small publishing house to distribute her own illustrations of Quebec folk songs.
She exhibits her art in Baie-Saint-Paul and Sainte-Thérèse.
She was co-author of a collection of books for children.
Trussart has contributed to the literary journals Arcade, Brèves littéraires and L'embarcadère.
Her 2008 novel Le train pour Samarcande received the Prix Robert-Cliche.She received honourable mention in 2005 for a Prix Brèves littéraires and was awarded that prize in 2007.
In 2006, Trussart was a finalist in the literary competition sponsored by Radio-Canada.