Andrée Maillet (June 7, 1921 - December 3, 1995), was a Quebec writer.[1]
The daughter of Corinne Dupuis and Roger Maillet, she was born in Montreal[2] and began writing by the age of eleven. Maillet began a career in journalism and, from 1943 to 1952, was a correspondent in the United States and Europe.[1] She was a member of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris for a number of years.[3] From 1952 to 1960, she was director of the magazine Amérique française. She wrote for Photo-Journal and was a columnist for the Petit Journal which was owned by her father. Maillet founded the French-Canadian chapter of the PEN club.[1] She ran as a candidate for the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale in the Westmount provincial riding in 1966, placing fourth.[4]
Maillet married Loyd Hamlyn Hobden.[2] She died in Montreal at the age of 74.[1]
In 1990, she received the Prix Athanase-David. Maillet was named to the Académie des lettres du Québec in 1974 and was named an officer in the Order of Canada in 1978. In 1991, she was named a Grand Officer in the National Order of Quebec.[5]