Background
The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy in literature from the latter institution.
The daughter of Cécile Paré and Arthur Dupré, she was born in Sherbrooke and was educated at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy in literature from the latter institution.
She taught at the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 1999, she was admitted to the Académie des lettres du Québec and, in 2002, to the Royal Society of Canada.
Royal Society of Canada]
From 1981 to 1984, she was a member of the publishing collective Éditions du Remue-Ménage. In 1988, she became a member of the editorial committee for the magazine Voix et Images: Littérature québécoise. She served as director from 1995 to 1998.