Jovette Marchessault
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Contents
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
1938 - 2012
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Governor General's Award
Description
Novelist, poet, playwright, and artist. Lesbian feminist whose work reflected real-life women. Cofounded the publishing house Squawtach Press, and was a lecturer in the theatre department at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Winner of the Prix France-Québec, the Grand Prix Littéraire Journal de Montréal, and the Grand Prix Littéraire de la ville de Sherbrooke,' and the Governor General’s Award. Books include 'Like a Child of the Earth' (1988), 'The Magnificent Voyage of Emily Carr' (1992), 'Mother of the Grass' (1989), Saga of the Wet Hens' (1983) and 'White Pebbles in the Dark Forests' (1990).
