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Antonine Maillet

Born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick in 1929, Antonine Maillet is one of Canada's best-known writers both at home and abroad. The soul of contemporary Acadian literature, Maillet has been responsible for generating pride in her people through her stories depicting strong-willed Acadians. She is the author of dozens of books, including the award-winning and highly celebrated La Sagouine and The Tale of Don L'Orignal. She has also written children's books, radio and television scripts, and more than a dozen plays. Maillet was the first non-French citizen to win the prestigious Prix Goncourt for Pélagie-la-Charette. With that epic novel, she gained recognition for Acadia as she herself became more known throughout the world as a spokesperson for her people. Among her many literary prizes are the Prix France-Canada and the Governor General's Award. She is also a Companion of the Order of Canada (1982), Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Officer of the National Order of Québec, Officier des arts et des lettres and Officer des Palme's académiques in France, and Commandeur de l'Ordre du mérite culturel in Monaco. She has received honorary degrees from more than 25 universities in Canada and abroad and has served as chancellor of Université de Moncton, her alma mater.

Books by Antonine Maillet

What I Wish I Had Told My Children

by (author) Michel Bastarache & Antoine Trépanier
translated by Julie da Silva
contributions by Antonine Maillet

Antonine Maillet : Les trésors cachés - Our Hidden Treasures

Les trésors cachés - Our Hidden Treasures

by (author) Antonine Maillet
preface by Wade McLauchlan
afterword by Margaret Conrad

Antonine Maillet : Les trésors cachés - Our Hidden Treasures

Les trésors cachés - Our Hidden Treasures

by (author) Antonine Maillet
preface by Wade McLauchlan
afterword by Margaret Conrad

La Sagouine

by (author) Antonine Maillet
translated with commentary by Wayne Grady

On the Eighth Day

by (author) Antonine Maillet
translated by Wayne Grady

The Tale of Don L'Orignal

by (author) Antonine Maillet
translated by Barbara Godard

Pélagie

The Return to Acadie

by (author) Antonine Maillet
translated by Philip Stratford

Gifts to Last

Christmas Stories from the Maritimes and Newfoundland

by (author) Walter Learning, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Deirdre Kessler, Alistair MacLeod, Tessie Gillis, Clive Doucet, Carol Bruneau, Lawrence O'Toole, Antonine Maillet, Alden Nowlan, Helen Fogwill Porter, Joseph Sherman, Ray Guy, M.T. Dohaney, David Adams Richards, Jon Conway Dewar, Ellison Robertson, Deannie Sullivan-Fraser, Herb Curtis & Grahame Woods

Gapi and Sullivan

a play

by (author) Antonine Maillet
translated by Luis de Cépedes

Evangeline the Second

A Play

by (author) Antonine Maillet