death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
04 december 1981 longueuil , quebec saint-fabien , quebec canada canadian 27 november 1900 jovette-alice bernier.jpg jovette bernier
 jovette-alice bernier writer journalist
jovette bernier

marie-angele `` jovette '' alice bernier -lrb- november 27 , 1900 -- december 4 , 1981 -rrb- was a journalist and writer in quebec .
because of extensive exposure in the print media and on radio , she was often referred to simply as jovette .
the daughter of joseph-elzéar bernier and Élise morest , she was born in saint-fabien-de-rimouski .
she attended the normal school in rimouski and went on to teach in the gaspé region and later quebec city .
bernier began her career in journalist in 1923 and , over the next 50 years , appeared in print , on radio and on television .
she wrote for `` l'Événement '' in quebec city , `` la tribune '' in sherbrooke and `` l'illustration '' in montreal .
in 1932 , she was given a daily show `` bonjour madame '' on radio station ckac .
from 1939 to 1958 , bernier was the host of the radio show `` quelles nouvelles '' , which included sketch comedy .
from 1963 to 1965 , she wrote scripts for the quebec soap opera `` rue de l'anse '' .
she published five collections of poems : `` roulades '' -lrb- 1924 -rrb- `` comme l'oiseau '' -lrb- 1926 -rrb- `` tout n'est pas dit '' -lrb- 1929 -rrb- , which won the lieutenant-governor 's medal `` les masques déchirés '' -lrb- 1932 -rrb- `` mon deuil en rouge '' -lrb- 1945 -rrb- and two novels : `` la chair décevante '' -lrb- 1931 -rrb- `` non monsieur '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , which received the prix du cercle du livre de france bernier died in longueuil at the age of 81 .
rue jovette-bernier in sherbrooke and rue jovette-bernier in quebec city were named in her honour .
an annual literary prize , the prix jovette-bernier -lrb- later known as the prix jovette-bernier -- ville de rimouski -rrb- , was created in her honour .
