Andrée Yanacopoulo is a Quebec doctor, writer, translator, teacher and sociologist born in

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

, Tunisia, on November 14, 1927. She was the partner of

Hubert Aquin Hubert Aquin (24 October 1929 – 15 March 1977) was a Quebec writer, filmmaker and intellectual. He is particularly known for his novel ''Next Episode (novel), Next Episode''. He is also an important figure in the history of the Quebec Soverei ...

from 1963 to 1977 with whom she had a son Emmanuel Aquin.

Biography

She studied medicine at the

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, France, and also holds a master's degree in sociology. She settled in Quebec in 1960. From 1961 to 1964, she was a professor of sociology at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) 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-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

. She then taught at

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and the

Université du Québec à Montréal The (UQAM; ), is a French language, French-language public university, public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the system. UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969, by the government o ...

until 1973, then at the

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until 1989. In parallel, she co-directs with Nicole Brossard for six years the Délire collection at Parti Pris editions and holds several other positions with different publishers. She wrote a book titled ''Signé Hubert Aquin: Surcule sur suicide d'écrivain'' (''Signed Hubert Aquin: investigation on the suicide of a writer''), after the death of his spouse. She is editor for her publishing house Vanishing Point.

Publications

* ''In the name of the Father, the Son and Duplessis'', 1984 * ''Signed Hubert Aquin - investigation of a writer's suicide'' (in collaboration with Gordon Sheppard), 1985 * ''Suzanne Lamy'', 1990 * ''Hans Selye or the Cathedral of Stress'', 1992 * ''Discovery of multiple sclerosis. The nosographic reason'', 1997 * "The Regroupement des Femmes Québécoises", 2003 * ''Henri F. Ellenberger. A life'', 2009 * ''Simone Monet-Chartrand and Michel: A committed couple'', written in collaboration with Paul Labonne, 2010 * ''Take note'', Boreal, 2013.

Awards

* Finalist for the Governor General's Award for essay category (1993)

Translations

* How to love living alone, Lynn Shanan ("Living alone and liking it!"), 1982 * The Memory, Elizabeth Loftus ("Memory"), 1983

References

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