Jovette Marchessault was a Canadian writer and artist from Quebec, who worked in a variety of literary and artistic domains including novels, poetry, drama, painting and sculpture.
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David AltmejdAlso won Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec
Karoline GeorgesAlso won Governor General's Literary Awards
Anne-Marie OlivierAlso won Governor General's Literary Awards
Melvin CharneyAlso won Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec
Roger FrappierAlso won Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec
Lori Saint-MartinAlso won Governor General's Literary AwardsAbout this person
Jovette Marchessault was a Canadian writer and artist from Quebec, who worked in a variety of literary and artistic domains including novels, poetry, drama, painting and sculpture. An important pioneer of lesbian and feminist literature and art in Canada, many of her most noted works were inspired by other real-life women in literature and art, including Violette Leduc, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Emily Carr, Anaïs Nin and Helena Blavatsky.
Country
CanadaCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2012 · aged 74
Written about in
7 languages
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