Andrée Maillet (June 7, 1921 – December 3, 1995), was a

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writer.

Biography

The daughter of Corinne Dupuis and Roger Maillet, she was born in

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and began writing by the age of eleven. Maillet began a career in journalism and, from 1943 to 1952, was a correspondent in the United States and Europe. She was a member of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris for a number of years. From 1952 to 1960, she was director of the magazine ''Amérique française''. She wrote for ''Photo-Journal'' and was a columnist for the ''Petit Journal'' which was owned by her father. Maillet founded the French-Canadian chapter of the

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. She ran as a candidate for the

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in the

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provincial riding in 1966, placing fourth. Maillet married Loyd Hamlyn Hobden. She died in Montreal at the age of 74.

Awards and honours

In 1990, she received the

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. Maillet was named to the

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in 1974 and was named an officer in the

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in 1978. In 1991, she was named a Grand Officer in the

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Selected works

* ''Les Montréalais'', stories (1963) * ''Le chêne des tempêtes'' (1965), received the first prize for literature from the Province of Québec, youth section, and the medal of the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians * ''Le Chant de l'Iroquoise'', poetry (1967) * ''Profil de l'orignal'', novel (1952) * ''Les Remparts de Québec'', novel (1964) * ''À la mémoire d'un héros'', novel (1975) * ''Lettres au surhomme'' (two volumes) novel (1976-1977)

References

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