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Born in Trois-Rivières, Québec , Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec deputy Gérald Godin , another Trifluvian and sovereigntist. She also worked with Gilles Vigneault and recorded with him. Julien performed pro-independence songs in Montréal clubs as early as 1964 and later made a career as one of Québec's most successful female popular singers. Julien's best-loved songs include "La Manic", the haunting ballad about love and separation in isolated Manicouagan, a river region of northern Québec near Labrador. In 1994 France decorated her with the title Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres . Julien was made a Chevalier De L' Ordre National Du Québec . Diagnosed with a debilitating brain disease, Julien took her own life in late September 1998 in Montréal . Julien is still to this day one of the most respected artists in Québec and elsewhere in the French-speaking world. Most treatments of her life show Hagiographical tendencies. SEE ALSO |
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