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CBC
11-04-2025
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Funeral for Antonine Maillet to be held in Moncton on Saturday
Social Sharing A public funeral for renowned Acadian writer Antonine Maillet will be held in Moncton on Saturday. It will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral on St. George Street. Flags will also be flown at half-mast across all three campuses of the Université de Moncton in her memory. Maillet was born in Bouctouche in 1929 and died at her home in Montreal on Feb. 17 at the age of 95. She received many literary awards in her career, including the Governor General's Award for Don l'Orignal, published in 1968, and the Prix Goncourt in 1979 for her novel Pélagie-la-Charrette, the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious French literary award. She wrote 12 plays and 20 novels and was called "the greatest voice of Acadia" by New Brunswick Tourism Minister Isabelle Thériault. "In everything — in her books, in her plays, in the music — she wanted Acadie to shine and that's actually what she accomplished … she allowed Acadie to shine throughout Canada and the world," said Thériault, when news of Maillet's death was announced. On the day Maillet's death was announced, Monique Poirier, executive and artistic director of Le Pays de la Sagouine, the theatrical village in Bouctouche, said, "It's a very sad day, but we are so grateful for everything that she has done." The village brings to life the characters Maillet created, including her famous La Sagouine. That play was first staged in 1971 with Viola Leger in the title role Moncton's annual literary festival, the Frye Festival, will honour the late novelist and playwright with a special literary show on May 4, to showcase the depth of her writing. Ariane Savoie, the festival's executive director, previously said Maillet helped inspire the idea to create the festival in 1999. At the time, Maillet was co-organizing a bilingual conference in Moncton with author John Ralston Saul, Savoie said. "That idea of the Frye Festival kind of generated from that event specifically," she said. "Having a bilingual literary conference here in Moncton brought up the fact that Moncton needed these activities." In 2006, the first Maillet-Frye Lecture took place at the Frye and has since become a staple of the festival.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Funeral for Antonine Maillet to be held in Moncton on Saturday
A public funeral for renowned Acadian writer Antonine Maillet will be held in Moncton on Saturday. It will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral on St. George Street. Flags will also be flown at half-mast across all three campuses of the Université de Moncton in her memory. Maillet was born in Bouctouche in 1929 and died at her home in Montreal on Feb. 17 at the age of 95. She received many literary awards in her career, including the Governor General's Award for Don l'Orignal, published in 1968, and the Prix Goncourt in 1979 for her novel Pélagie-la-Charrette, the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious French literary award. She wrote 12 plays and 20 novels and was called "the greatest voice of Acadia" by New Brunswick Tourism Minister Isabelle Thériault. "In everything — in her books, in her plays, in the music — she wanted Acadie to shine and that's actually what she accomplished … she allowed Acadie to shine throughout Canada and the world," said Thériault, when news of Maillet's death was announced. French President Emmanuel Macron awards Canadian novelist Antonine Maillet with the Legion of Honor at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Nov. 24 , 2021. (Yoan Valat/The Associated Press) On the day Maillet's death was announced, Monique Poirier, executive and artistic director of Le Pays de la Sagouine, the theatrical village in Bouctouche, said, "It's a very sad day, but we are so grateful for everything that she has done." The village brings to life the characters Maillet created, including her famous La Sagouine. That play was first staged in 1971 with Viola Leger in the title role Moncton's annual literary festival, the Frye Festival, will honour the late novelist and playwright with a special literary show on May 4, to showcase the depth of her writing. Ariane Savoie, the festival's executive director, previously said Maillet helped inspire the idea to create the festival in 1999. The Frye Festival will pay tribute to the late Antonine Maillet with a literary show on May 4. (Submitted by Ariane Maillet) At the time, Maillet was co-organizing a bilingual conference in Moncton with author John Ralston Saul, Savoie said. "That idea of the Frye Festival kind of generated from that event specifically," she said. "Having a bilingual literary conference here in Moncton brought up the fact that Moncton needed these activities." In 2006, the first Maillet-Frye Lecture took place at the Frye and has since become a staple of the festival.
CBC
17-02-2025
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- CBC
'It's a very sad day': N.B. mourns loss of novelist, playwright Antonine Maillet
A member of New Brunswick's arts sector says the death of novelist, playwright and proud Acadian Antonine Maillet brings about a responsibility to keep her legacy alive. The internationally renowned Acadian died Monday in her Montreal home. She was 95. "It's a very sad day, but we are so grateful for everything that she has done," said Monique Poirier, executive and artistic director of Le Pays de la Sagouine, the theatrical village in Bouctouche, N.B., where Maillet was born in 1929. Le Pays de la Sagouine brings to life the characters Maillet created, including her famous La Sagouine. That play was first staged in 1971 with Viola Leger in the title role. La Sagouine is just one of 20 novels and 12 plays Maillet wrote. Poirier said it is because of Maillet's vision and her courage to write that hundreds of artists in New Brunswick are able to work in their home province doing what they love. Before Maillet became famous, she taught at the Université de Moncton from 1964 to 1967. According to a statement from the university, her former students remember her as an outstanding speaker. "The death of Ms. Antonine Maillet is a moment of great sadness for Acadia, New Brunswick and the entire Francophonie," Université de Moncton rector and vice-chancellor Denis Prud'homme said in a statement to CBC News. "Madame Maillet was an unconditional friend, a generous benefactor and a great ambassador of the Université de Moncton. Her unwavering commitment to the largest Acadian institution was very important and leaves a lasting legacy." She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 1972 and the order of merit by alumni. Maillet was later named chancellor of the Université de Moncton in 1989, becoming the first woman to hold that title. Flags at the university's three campuses will fly at half-mast in Maillet's honour for 10 days, starting Monday.
CBC
17-02-2025
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- CBC
Antonine Maillet, award-winning Canadian novelist inspired by her Acadian roots, dead at 95
Antonine Maillet, novelist, playwright and proud Acadian, has died at 95 at her home in Montreal, her publisher said. Pierre Filion, editor and director of Quebec publishing house Lemeac, announced Monday on social media that she died overnight. Born in New Brunswick, Maillet became the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious French literary award Prix Goncourt in 1979, for her novel Pélagie-la-Charrette. Maillet was born on May 10, 1929, in Bouctouche and earned a PhD in literature in 1970 from Université Laval in Quebec City. Her work was deeply inspired by the history, language, folklore and traditions of the Acadian people, with more than 20 novels and 12 plays to her name. Maillet was a companion of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of New Brunswick and a commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, among other titles.
