Following high school, Maillet received her BA from the Collège Notre-Dame d'Acadie in 1950,[1] followed by an MA from the Université de Moncton in 1959.[1] She then received her PhD in literature in 1971 from the Université Laval. Her thesis is entitled Rabelais et les traditions populaires en Acadie.[2][3]
Career
Maillet taught literature and folklore at the college Notre-Dame d'Acadie (1954-1960); at the University of Moncton (1965-1967); at the Collège des Jésuites de Québec (1968-1969); at the Université Laval (1971-1974); then at the Université de Montréal between (1974-1975).[1] She later worked for Radio-Canada in Moncton as a scriptwriter and host. In 1988 Maillet hosted the French-language Leaders' Debate for Radio-Canada TV between Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Liberal Party of Canada Leader John Turner, and New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent. From 1989 to 2000, she served as chancellor of the Université de Moncton.
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Personal life
In 2022, Maillet publicly came out as a lesbian, having been in a relationship with actress and theatre director Mercedes Palomino until her death in 2006.[4]
^ a b c d"Antonine Maillet." Paroles d'Acadie : Anthologie de la littérature acadienne (1958-2009), edited by David Lonergan, Prise de paroles, pp. 41-68.
^ Bottos, Katia. Antonine Maillet conteuse de l'Acadie ou l'encre de l'aède. L'Harmattan, 2011.
^Buck, Claire (1992). Bloomsbury guide to women's literature. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-0895-3. OCLC 185786618.
^Revert, Amélie (25 November 2022). "Sur vos écrans: des rencontres en forme de portrait". Le Devoir (in French).
External links
Antonine Maillet Profile at Government of Canada
CBC Digital Archives – Antonine Maillet, Acadian Avenger
La Sagouine, Acadian tourist attraction
Antonine Maillet - The Possibilities Are Endless (Trailer), National Film Board of Canada