Éva Circé-Côté (1871–1949), born Éva Circé in
Montreal
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, was a
journalist
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, a
poet
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, and a
librarian
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who established Montreal's first
public library
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in 1903. She wrote under several pseudonyms during her lifetime, including Colombine, Musette, Jean Nay, Fantasio, Arthur Maheu, Julien Saint-Michel, and Paul S. Bédard.
Works
Plays
* 1903 : ''Hindelang et DeLorimier'' (historical drama in five Acts)
* 1904 : ''Le Fumeur endiablé'' (One-act play)
* 1921 : ''Maisonneuve'' (historical drama in four Acts)
* 1922 : ''L'Anglomanie'' (3-act play, awarded the ''prix de l'Action française'')
Poetry
* 1903: ''Bleu, Blanc, Rouge. Poésie, paysages, causeries.'' (Collection of poems and essays, under the pseudonym Colombine), Déom Frères éditeurs, Montréal, 1903
Essays
* 1924: ''Papineau, son influence sur la pensée canadienne; essai de psychologie historique'', Ève Circé-Côté (editor), R.A. Regnault & cie imprimeurs, Montréal, 1924. Republished: Lux, Montréal, 2002, 266 pages .
Articles available on-line
* 1916 :
L'éducation de nos filles : elles doivent être protégées pour les luttes de la vie'
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* 1917 :
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* 1918 :
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* 1921 :
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* 1923 :
Restons chez-nous: L'exode des Canadiens aux États-Unis'
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1871 births
1949 deaths
Canadian librarians
Canadian women librarians
Canadian poets in French
Journalists from Montreal
Canadian women poets
Poets from Montreal
Canadian women journalists
Canadian women non-fiction writers
20th-century Canadian poets
20th-century Canadian women writers
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