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The Honourable Antonine Maillet, PC , CC , OQ , ONB , LL.D , FRSC , (born May 10 , 1929 ) is a Canadian Acadian Novelist , Playwright , and Scholar . She was born in Bouctouche , New Brunswick and lives in Montreal , Quebec . Following high school, she received her BA from the Université De Moncton , followed by an MA from the same institution. She then received her Ph.D in literature in 1970 from the Université Laval . She taught literature and folklore at Laval, then in Montreal between 1971 to 1976. She later worked for Radio-Canada in Moncton as a script writer and host. In 1976 she was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1981. Maillet was awarded the Royal Society Of Canada 's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1980 . In 1985 she was made an Officier des Arts et des Lettres de France. She is a member of the Queen's Privy Council For Canada . In 1979 her work '' Pélagie-la-Charette '' won the prestigious Prix Goncourt . WORKS
See also: List Of French Canadian Writers From Outside Quebec , List Of Quebec Authors |
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