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Jun 07, 1921 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Died on 03 Dec 1995 (aged 74)
Canadian writer
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About Andrée Maillet
- Andrée Maillet (June 7, 1921 – December 3, 1995), was a Quebec writer.The daughter of Corinne Dupuis and Roger Maillet, she was born in Montreal and began writing by the age of eleven.
- Maillet began a career in journalism and, from 1943 to 1952, was a correspondent in the United States and Europe.
- She was a member of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris for a number of years.
- From 1952 to 1960, she was director of the magazine Amérique française.
- She wrote for Photo-Journal and was a columnist for the Petit Journal which was owned by her father.
- Maillet founded the French-Canadian chapter of the PEN club.
- She ran as a candidate for the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale in the Westmount provincial riding in 1966, placing fourth.Maillet married Loyd Hamlyn Hobden.In 1990, she received the Prix Athanase-David.
- Maillet was named to the Académie des lettres du Québec in 1974 and was named an officer in the Order of Canada in 1978.
- In 1991, she was named a Grand Officer in the National Order of Quebec.She died in Montreal at the age of 74.
