Reine-Aimée Côté (born November 20, 1948) is a Canadian writer living in the

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region of

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. She was born in

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and earned a bachelor's degree in literary studies from the

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. Côté taught school at the primary and secondary levels in

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for 35 years; from 1998 to 1999, she was advisor for French education at the

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level. She retired from teaching in 2002. In 1991, she won two first prizes at the annual creative writing contest sponsored by ''La Bonante''. Her first novel ''Les Bruits'' received the

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in 2004 and the the following year. ''Les Bruits'' was also a finalist for the

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. Côté published her second novel ''L'échappée des dieux'' in 2009, which received honourable mention at the Salon du livre du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

Selected works

* ''Le bal des miséreux'', stories (1996) * ''Haillons de lune'', poetry (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cote, Reine-Aimee 1948 births Living people Canadian women novelists Canadian novelists in French Université du Québec à Chicoutimi alumni