Antonine Maillet



         


Antonine Maillet (born May 10,1929) is a Canadian Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec.

In 1979 her work Pélagie-la-Charette won the prestigious Prix Goncourt.

See also: List of French Canadian writers from outside Quebec, List of Quebec authors






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