Arlette Cousture Explained
Arlette Cousture, (born April 3, 1948) is a Canadian writer. She writes historical fiction, often depicting the lives of women in Quebec.[1] [2] Many of her novels have become best-sellers in the French language.[3]
Early life
Cousture was born in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from collège Sainte-Marie.[4]
Career
As a young woman, Cousture worked at Radio-Canada television. She later worked in radio and as a journalist. She worked in communications at Hydro Quebec.
In the 1980s Cousture wrote a pair of best-selling novels, Les filles de Caleb, about the life of a young teacher in rural Quebec.[5] [6] [7] The stories later became the basis of a television series[8] [9] and were translated into English.[10] [11] Cousture later wrote more stories about the novels' heroine, Emilie.
In the 1990s Cousture wrote a two-volume story, Ces Enfants d'ailleurs, about a Polish family's move to Canada during World War II.
Awards and honours
In 1998, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2012, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[12]
Notes and References
- Mary Jean Matthews Green. Women and Narrative Identity: Rewriting the Quebec National Text. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 2001. . p. 124–.
- Between Woman and Nation: Nationalisms, Transnational Feminisms, and the State. Duke University Press; 1999. . p. 56–.
- Quebec. Scholastic Library Publishing; October 1992. . p. 93.
- https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/arlette-cousture/ Arlette Cousture
- Reingard M. Nischik. History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian. Camden House; 2008. . p. 446–.
- W.H. New. A History of Canadian Literature. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 6 August 2003. . p. 344–.
- Adamson, Judith. "Nostalgia for a simpler Quebec" . Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Jan 09, 1993 F.14
- Sharing the Blessings. Médiaspaul; 1996. . p. 111–.
- David L. Pike. Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World. University of Toronto Press; 6 December 2012. . p. 162–.
- John Robert Colombo. Fascinating Canada: A Book of Questions and Answers. Dundurn; 27 May 2011. . p. 138–.
- Quill & Quire. Vol. 58. 1992. p. 19.
- Web site: Les récipiendaires de l'Ordre national du Québec . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120604004058/http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.qc.ca/actualites/communiques/2012/mai/2012-05-28-annexe.asp . 2012-06-04 .
