Adrienne Choquette (1915 – 1973) was a writer in
Quebec
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, Canada.
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Biography
The daughter of Dr. Henri Choquette,[ She was born in ]Shawinigan
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Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) an ...
and studied with the Ursulines
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at Trois-Rivières
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from 1924 to 1931. Choquette began work with the Quebec public service but soon gravitated towards journalism. She contributed to various newspapers and journals, including ''Le Bien Public'', '' Le Nouvelliste'', ', ''La Revue populaire'', ''Le Jour'', ''Amérique française'', ''Le Devoir
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''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...
'' and ''Les Cahiers de l'Académie canadienne-française''. From 1937 to 1948, she worked at radio station CHLN in Trois-Rivières, serving as host and director for the station. From 1948 to 1970, she was co-editor and then editor for the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture
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publication ''Terre et Foyer''.[
Choquette published her first book ''Confidences d'écrivains canadiens-français'' in 1939. She published her first novel ''La Coupe Vide'' in 1948.][ In 1954, her story collection ''La nuit ne dort pas'' was awarded the . Her 1961 story collection ''Laure Clouet'' received the Prix du Grand Jury des lettres.]
Death and legacy
She died in Quebec City
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at the age of 58.[ Rue Adrienne-Choquette in ]Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City.
The town was founded in 1691 by three families (Desroches, Racette, Couture). It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 ...
was also named after Choquette.
Her former home in Shawinigan has been designated as a Quebec heritage property.
References
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1915 births
1973 deaths
Journalists from Quebec
Canadian novelists in French
Canadian women novelists
Canadian short story writers in French
Canadian women short story writers
Canadian women non-fiction writers