Aurélie Resch is an author, travel writer and filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Biography

Resch has written eight books and has written in many collectives. Her work on exile and the quest of identity led her to be a finalist in 2002 and 2005 to the CBC Readers Awards and the Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen Literary Award. Obsessions d'Aurélie Resch (Éditions L'Interligne)a . Francopresse.ca (22 March 2006). Retrieved on 2013-06-18. In 2011, her book for children "Les voleurs de couleurs" was nominated to the Trillium Book Award,Prix Trillium. omdc.on.ca as was her first compilation of poetry "Cendres de lune" in 2012.

Resch is also a travel writer. Her credits include L'Express de Toronto, the Toronto Star, Metro News Canada, TravelLife magazine,TravelLife magazine Dabble, Dreamscapes Travel and Lifetime Magazine, La Presse,La Presse. Cyberpresse.ca. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Châtelaine and MSN. She also contributes to literary and cultural magazines in Quebec and Ontario, Canada, and directs films for French Canadian television. Resch gives writing workshops in French and bilingual schools and universities, and is a guest speaker in literary festivals and events in Canada and in France. This body of work to promote French culture and literature was acknowledged in 2008 when Resch was nominated to the Trophées du [Sénat Français].

Since 2005, Resch has been working on literary juries for Canadian Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Media Development Corporation and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Resch has worked on the Board of l'Association des Auteurs de l'Ontario Français from 2007 to 2011. She is a member of several associations: Association des Auteurs de l'Ontario Français (AAOF),AAOF Members registry . (PDF) . Retrieved on 2013-06-18. The Writers' Union of Canada,Aurélie Resch profile in The Writers' Union of Canada. Writersunion.ca. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Conseil International d'Études Francophones (CIEF),Conseil International d'Études Francophones – Official website. Cief.org. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC), North America Travel Journalists Association (NATJA),Aurélie Resch profile in the North America Travel Journalists Association . Natja.org. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Association des Journalistes du Tourisme (AJT),Aurélie Resch in the members register of the Association des Journalistes du Tourisme . Ajt.net. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. and Women in Film and Television (WIFT).Women in Film and Television – Official website. Wift.com. Retrieved on 2013-06-18.

Works

Novels Pars, Ntangu!, Éditions David (2011)

Short stories La Dernière Allumette, Éditions David (2011) Le bonheur est une couleur, Éditions de l'Interligne (2008) . Interligne.ca. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Obsessions, Éditions de l'Interligne (2005) Les yeux de l'exil, Éditions Le Nordir (2002)

Poetry Pas ici, pas d'ailleurs – Froissements, Anthologie poétique francophone de voix féminines contemporaines, Voix d'encre (2011)pas d'ici, pas d'ailleurs . Voix-dencre.net. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Cendres de lune, Éditions L'Harmattan (2010)Les Éditions L'Harmattan. Editions-harmattan.fr. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. "Je te regarde", Haïti, je t'aime, Éditions Le Vermillon (2010)Les Éditions du Vermillon . Leseditionsduvermillon.ca. Retrieved on 2013-06-18.

Books for children Les voleurs de couleurs, Éditions de l'Interligne (2010) Les jardins de Carmella, Histoires d'amitiés, Éditions Le Vermillon (2009) Contes de la rivière Severn, Éditions Le Vermillon (2005)

Filmography

Sodade, short film, Eolia Productions (2010) Sodade (2010). IMDB.com Scattered Identity, 52-min documentary, Télé-Québec, Les Productions des Collines (2007)Les Productions des Collines, Ma part manquante, Documentary . Pcollines.com. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Les Héroïnes de l'ombre, 30-min documentary, Productions Médiatique, NFB,NFB- National Film Board Canada, Aurélie Resch, Director. Onf-nfb.gc.ca (22 October 2012). Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Téléfilm Canada,Telefilm Canada, Les héroïnes de l'ombre, Documentary . Telefilm.ca. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Canadian Television Fund (2005) Fort Severn, documentary project with the National Film Board (2002)

Distinctions

North American Travel Journalists Association, Silver Medal (2015)North American Travel Journalist Association section Byline travel column - Greater than 250,000 circulation for "Under the Sea in a Galapagos Game of yellow-flippered tag", Metro News Canada North American Travel Journalists Association, Silver Medal (2015) section Byline travel column - Less than 250,000 circulation for "Wadi Rum, Land of Lawrence", Travelife Magazine North American Travel Journalists Association, Bronze Medal (2015) section Byline travel column - Greater than 250,000 circulation for "The Big Easy: Where life is a little slower", Metro News Toronto Nominated to the North American Travel Journalists Awards (2015) section Byline travel column - Less than 250,000 circulation for "On a Quest to see the Yukon's Night Show", Travelife Magazine Nominated to the North American Travel Journalists Association awardNorth American Travel Journalist Association (2014) section Destination Travel - International Newspaper, for the article In the Cook Islands, Maori tales weave a spell, Toronto Star Union Méditerranéenne du Cinéma et de la Video award (2013) for her short film Sodade, making it a nominee to the national Festival national du court-métrage de Bourges (26-29 septembre 2013)Fédération Française du Cinéma et de la Vidéo North American Travel Journalist Association, Bronze medal (2013), section Destination Travel, Domestic Newspaper - Less than 250 000 circulation for story MY TORONTO, L'Express de TorontoPrix 2013 North American Travel Journalist Association Travel Media Association of Canada award (2013) best French language feature Cendres de lune, nominated to Trillium Book Award (2012)25th Annual Trillium Book Award Finalists. omdc.on.ca Les voleurs de couleurs, nominated to Trillium Book Award (2011)24th Annual Trillium Book Award Finalists. omdc.on.ca Runner-up to the Trophées du Sénat Français (2008)Gry, Ulysse (12–18 February 2008) L'auteure Aurélie Resch honorée . Lexpress.to. Retrieved on 2013-06-18. Obsessions, nominated to the CBC Readers' Award (2005)CBC Readers' Award. radio-canada.ca Les yeux de l'exil, nominated to the CBC Readers' Award (2003) Les yeux de l'exil, nominated to the Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen Literary Award (2003)

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