Madeleine Ferron (July 24, 1922 – February 27, 2010) was a Canadian writer.

Biography

She was born in

Louiseville Louiseville is a town in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located near the mouth of the 'Rivière-du-Loup', on the north shore of Lac Saint-Pierre. Louiseville is twinned with Soissons in France and Cerfontaine in ...

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. She began her early studies with the Sisters of Saint Anne, continuing at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

and

Université Laval Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Montmo ...

. She married

Robert Cliche Robert (12 April 1921 – 15 September 1978) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge. Biography Born and raised in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, in the Beauce region of Quebec, Robert Cliche studied law at Laval University from 1941 to 1944. ...

, a lawyer, in 1945. A writer and novelist, she also worked as a government commissioner and radio show host. She wrote for several magazines, notably ''

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'' and ''

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''. Ferron tried to analyse lucidly the often obscure emotions of her literary characters. She was the sister of writer

Jacques Ferron Jacques Ferron (January 20, 1921 – April 22, 1985) was a Canadian physician and author. Jacques Ferron was born in Louiseville, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Alphonse Ferron and Adrienne Caron. On March 5, 1931 his mother died. He attended Collè ...

and painter and stained glass artist

Marcelle Ferron Marcelle Ferron, (January 29, 1924 – November 19, 2001), a Canadian '' Québécoise'' painter and stained glass artist, was one of the original 16 signatories of Paul-Émile Borduas's Refus global manifesto, and a major figure in the Quebec c ...

. She died in February 2010 in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...

. Her son

David Cliche David Cliche (July 10, 1952 – July 19, 2020) was a Quebec politician. He represented Vimont in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2002, as a member of the Parti Québécois. He was the son of lawyer and former head of the New De ...

served in the

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as a

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MNA.

Awards and honours

* 1992 - Knight of the

National Order of Quebec The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an order of merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Gove ...

* Prix des Éditions La Presse * Prix France-Québec * Prix littéraire de la ville de Montréal

Publications

* La Fin des loups-garous, 1966 * Cœur de sucre, 1966 * Le baron écarlate, 1971 * Quand le peuple fait la loi, 1972 * Les beaucerons, ces insoumis, 1735-1867 : petite histoire de la Beauce, 1974 * Le chemin des dames, 1977 * Histoires édifiantes, 1981 * Sur le chemin Craig, 1983 * Un Singulier amour, 1987 * Le Grand théâtre, 1989 * Adrienne, 1993 * La Tricheuse 1977

External links

Madeleine Ferron entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography

Madeleine Ferron's obituary
1922 births 2010 deaths Canadian women novelists Writers from Quebec People from Louiseville People from Beauce, Quebec Spouses of Canadian politicians Université de Montréal alumni Université Laval alumni Knights of the National Order of Quebec 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers Canadian novelists in French {{Quebec-writer-stub