Natalie Fontalvo

Writer, performer, artistic director Natalie Fontalvo would have liked to be a Caribbean pirate; born in the wrong century, she became instead a pluridisciplinary artist. Like her identities, Natalie’s artistic practice is a mestiza: literature, theater, cinema, multidisciplinary arts. Her creative work has been exhibited in Quebec City and abroad, in theaters and festivals. Winner of several grants and distinctions, in 2023, her work earned her a place as finalist for the Quebec City Emerging Artist Award. In the field of literary arts, in addition to her oral poetry practice, Natalie has directed and participated in the creation of several stage and audiovisual literary projects, including Féroce Croustillant Carnaval (Festival Carrefour, 2026) and Le Vieil homme et la mer (Québec en toutes lettres, 2023). She also carries on a master degree in literary translation at Université Laval. Her work has appeared in literary magazines and in poetry and fiction anthologies, notably Épidermes and Il y a des joies dont on ignore l’existence (Les éditions Somme Toute, 2021 and 2022). Her first solo poetry collection, Là où l’espagnol me fait mal, will be published in the fall 2026 by Éditions Le lézard amoureux, accompanied by a literary show of the same name produced and presented by the festival Québec en toutes lettres. Since 2023, Natalie is the artistic co-director of Spoken word Québec, where she works towards putting poetry there where it’s not expected. She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Festival international de poésie de Québec (Quebec City International Poetry Festival), whose inaugural edition took place in March 2026.

 

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