Antonine Maillet

1929-

Antonine Maillet, born in Bouctouche, NB in 1929, is generally recognized as being one half of the literary impetus for the Acadian Renaissance of the early 1970s. She started her primary education in Bouctouche and continued her secondary studies there until 1944. She finished her studies at the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy in Memramcook in 1946. From February 1949, Maillet sat on the board of directors of the magazine Bleuette. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Notre-Dame d'Acadie in 1950. During the same year, she taught at a school in Richibouctou-Village, Kent County. She also taught at Collège Notre-Dame d’Acadie from 1954 to 1960. In 1962, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Montreal. Maillet then returned to Collège Notre-Dame d’Acadie to teach there from 1964 to 1965. The year next, she was a professor at the Université de Moncton. She published her first novel titled Pointe-aux-Coques in 1958. In 1970 she obtained her doctorate in Letters from Laval University and in 1971 wrote her radio play La Sagouine. She has received more than fifteen literary prizes including the prestigious Prix Goncourt (1979) for her novel Pélagie-la-Charrette and thirty honorary doctorates. Maillet is Companion of the Order of Canada, member of the Royal Society of Canada and Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor of France, among others. She has lent her name to a new school: Antonine Maillet Elementary School. She was master of ceremonies at the 8th Summit of La Francophonie held in Moncton in 1999.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Bouctouche, Moncton

Archival Material

• Fonds Antonine-Maillet (Centre d'études)
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  Location

  Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson

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  Retrieval Number

  388A, AF388A, CM388A, CP388A, CR388A, CV388A, D388A, DP388A, M388A, P388A

  Date Range of Material

  1927, 1951-2013

  Extent

  4.3 m of textual records and other

  Scope and Content Note

  Fonds consists of manuscripts and drafts, posters, cartoons, correspondence, slides, diplomas, newspaper clippings, slides and photographs, a thesis, press releases, brochures, and contracts which document the life of writer Antonine Maillet.

• Fonds Antonine-Maillet (Université Laval)
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  Location

  Université Laval - AFEUL

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  Retrieval Number

  F813

  Date Range of Material

  1966

  Extent

  22 soundtracks (approx. 10 p.m.)

  4 cm of textual documents

  Scope and Content Note

  Fonds reflects the academic activities of Antonine Maillet. It contains tales, legends and songs from the Magdalen Islands, Gaspé West and Bonaventure counties as well as from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.