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Jovette Marchessault
Canadian writer and artist (1938–2012)
Jovette Marchessault | |
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| Born | February 9, 1938 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | December 31, 2012 |
| Occupation | novelist, playwright, artist |
| Period | 1970s–2000s |
| Notable works | La Terre est trop courte, Violette Leduc; Le Voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr |
Jovette Marchessault (French:[ʒɔvɛtmaʁʃeso]) (February 9, 1938 – December 31, 2012)[1] was a Canadian writer and artist from Quebec, who worked in a variety of literary and artistic domains including novels, poetry, drama, painting and sculpture.
An important pioneer of lesbian and feminist literature and art in Canada,[2] many of her most noted works were inspired by other real-life women in literature and art, including Violette Leduc, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Emily Carr, Anaïs Nin and Helena Blavatsky.[3]
Career
Born in Montreal, Marchessault worked in a textile factory in her youth before travelling Books » Talonbooks PESI