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In 1988 Maillet hosted the French-language Leaders' Debate for Radio-Canada TV between Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Liberal Party of Canada Leader John Turner, and New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent. From 1989 to 2000, she served as chancellor of the Université de Moncton.
Antonine Maillet – novelist and playwright – is the foremost voice in literature from the French-speaking Acadian East Coast of Canada. Her hometown of Bouctouche (pronounced buck-toosh), New Brunswick, boasts "Le Pays de La Sagouine," a tourist theme park based on Maillet’s award-winning La Sagouine (1971). La Sagouine, by Antonine ...
- Education and Early Career
- A Dominant Force in Acadian Literature
- Honours
Antonine Maillet earned a BA (1950) from the Collège Notre-Dame d'Acadie, an MA (1959) from the Université de Moncton, and a PhD in literature from Université Laval in 1970, where she then taught literature and folklore. She has also taught at the Université de Montréal, the University of California, Berkeley, the University at Albany, State Univer...
After the success of her play La Sagouine (1971; tr. 1979) and the novel Pélagie-la-Charrette (1979), which charts the triumphant return home of the Acadian people after the 1755 expulsion, or le Grand Dérangement (seeHistory of Acadia), Maillet dominated contemporary Acadian literature. The latter won the Prix Goncourt, bringing her overnight fame...
Canada Council Prize (Les Jeux d’enfants sont faits)(1960)Prix Champlain (francophonie nord-américaine hors Québec) (1961)Governor General’s Award (1972)Grand prix du livre de Montréal (1973)Antonine Maillet, CP, CC, OQ, is a novelist, playwright and translator who has published more than 50 works earning her several esteemed prizes. Her character La Sagouine, established her reputation among Canadian francophones until she won the prix Goncourt in 1979 for Pélagie-la-Charrette.
Dec 1, 2021 · Entries are now being accepted for the Prix littéraire Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie literary award. The deadline is December 31, 2021. For the famous Acadian writer, growing old is a privilege. Find out how her relationship with her writing and her love for Acadie are evolving!
Although Antonine Maillet first came into prominence when La Sagouine was staged and printed in 1971, her writing career goes back some 25 years and rests on solid foundations.
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MAILLET, Antonine 1929-PERSONAL: Born May 10, 1929, Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada; daughter of Leonide (a teacher) and Virginie (a teacher; maiden name, Cormier) Maillet. Education: College Notre-Dame d'Acadie, Moncton, B.A., 1950; University of Moncton, M.A., 1959; University of Montréal, LL.D., 1962; Laval University, Ph.D., 1970.
