Geneviève Amyot (January 10, 1945 – June 11, 2000) was a

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. Amyot was born in

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. She studied pedagogy at the École Normale Notre-Dame-De-Foy from 1961 to 1965, and then French at

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, where she received her degree in 1969. She taught in a primary school from 1965 to 1972, and taught literature at the college level. She then focused on her writing. She collaborated with many magazines including '' Estuaire'', '' Dérives'', '' La Nouvelle Barre du jour'', ''Interventions'', '' Québec français'' and '' Room of One's Own''. L'ÎLE, l'Infocentre littéraire des écrivains,

She is the aunt of comedian Yves Amyot.

Collected works

*1975 – ''La mort était extravagante'' *1976 – ''L'absent aigu'' *1978 – ''Journal de l'année passée'' *1982 – ''Dans la pitié des chairs'' *1988 – ''Poètes du Québec'' *1988 – ''Petites fins du monde'' *1990 – ''Corps d'atelier'' *1994 – ''Je t'écrirai encore demain'' *2000 – ''Corneille et compagnie''

Honors

*1990 – Terrasses Saint-Sulpice Poetry Award from the '' Estuaire'' magazine for ''Corps d'atelier'' *1990 – ''Finalist'' for the

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for ''Corps d'atelier''

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amyot, Genevieve 1945 births Poets from Quebec 2000 deaths Canadian women poets People from Capitale-Nationale Université Laval alumni 20th-century Canadian women writers Canadian women novelists 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian novelists Canadian poets in French Canadian novelists in French Novelists from Quebec