Maya Cousineau Mollen (born 1975) is an

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poet from

Mingan Mingan, also known as Ekuanitshit in Innu-aimun, is an Innu First Nations reserve in the Canadian province of Quebec, at the mouth of the Mingan River on Mingan Bay of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It belongs to the Innu band of Ekuanitshit. Geogra ...

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, Canada. She is most noted for her poetry collection ''Enfants du lichen'', which was the winner of the

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at the

2022 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 12, 2022,Adina Bresge"Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards" ''Toronto Star'', October 12, ...

. Her debut poetry collection, ''Bréviaire du matricule 082'', was published in 2019, and was the winner of the Indigenous Voices Award for French-language poetry in 2020."Jesse Thistle among winners of 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards for memoir From the Ashes"

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, June 22, 2020.

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