Biography

She was born Jacqueline Beaugé in Jérémie, Haiti and was educated at the Institution Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes there. She entered a convent at

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but left for health reasons. She then trained as a teacher at Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, graduating in 1952. She taught at Édmée-Rey school until 1953, then at the Lycée Pétion in

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until 1969 and at the Collège Roger Anglade from 1971 to 1975. After she married Jacques V. Rosier, she left Haiti and settled in Canada. She continued her studies at

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, at the Université du Québec à Hull and at

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, earning a master's degree in French literature. She then taught school in Ottawa until her retirement in 2004. From 1957 to 1962, Beaugé-Rosier was associated with the "Haïti littéraire" poets and, from 1964 to 1966, she was a member of the literary group Houghenikon. In Canada, she became a member of the Association des Auteures et auteurs francophones d'Ontario. In 1991, she received the Trophée de la Tonnelle Haïtienne de l'Ouataouais. In 1993, she was awarded second prize in a literary competition sponsored by the Société des écrivains de

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. In 2000, she received the Plaque d'Honneur from the Haitian community of Canada for her contributions to Franco-Ontarian literature and to Haitian-Canadian cultural development. Jacqueline Beaugé-Rosier passed away in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The obituary was featured in Ottawa Citizen on August 4, 2016.

Selected works

* ''Climats en marche'', poetry (1962) * ''À Vol d'ombre'', poetry (1966) * ''Les Cahiers de la mouette'', poetry and stories (1983) * ''D'Or vif et de pain'', poetry (1992) * ''Les Yeux de l'anse du Clair'', novel (2001)

References

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