Antonine Maillet

Antonine Maillet,  , (10 May 1929 – 17 February 2025) was an Acadian novelist, playwright and scholar."Antonine Maillet." Paroles d'Acadie : Anthologie de la littérature acadienne (1958-2009), edited by David Lonergan, Prise de paroles, pp. 41-68.

Maillet taught literature and folklore at the collège Notre-Dame d'Acadie (1954–1960), the University of Moncton (1965–1967), the Collège des Jésuites de Québec (1968–1969), the Université Laval (1971–1974), and the Université de Montréal between (1974–1975). She later worked for Radio-Canada.

In 1976, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1981. 

In 2022, Maillet publicly came out as a lesbian and said she was in a relationship with actress and theatre director Mercedes Palomino until her death in 2006.

Maillet died in her sleep during the night of 17 February 2025, at her home in Montreal, Canada at the age of 95.

References

Other websites

 Antonine Maillet Profile at Government of Canada
 CBC Digital Archives – Antonine Maillet, Acadian Avenger
 La Sagouine, Acadian tourist attraction
  Antonine Maillet - The Possibilities Are Endless (Trailer), National Film Board of Canada

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