Geneviève Amyot

Geneviève Amyot (January 10, 1945 – June 11, 2000) was a Canadian poet and novelist.

Amyot was born in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec. She studied pedagogy at the École Normale Notre-Dame-De-Foy from 1961 to 1965, and then French at Laval University, where she received her degree in 1969. She taught in a primary school from 1965 to 1972, and taught literature at the college level.

She then focused on her writing. She collaborated with many magazines including , , , Interventions, and Room of One's Own.^[1]

She is the aunt of comedian Yves Amyot.

Collected works[]

• 1975 – La mort était extravagante
• 1976 – L'absent aigu
• 1978 – Journal de l'année passée
• 1982 – Dans la pitié des chairs
• 1988 – Poètes du Québec
• 1988 – Petites fins du monde
• 1990 – Corps d'atelier
• 1994 – Je t'écrirai encore demain
• 2000 – Corneille et compagnie

Honors[]

• 1990 – Poetry Award from the magazine for Corps d'atelier
• 1990 – Finalist for the Governor General's Award for French language poetry for Corps d'atelier

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