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
Notes and references[]
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Writers from Quebec
- 2000 deaths
- Canadian women poets
- People from Capitale-Nationale
- Université Laval alumni
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women novelists
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- Canadian poets in French
- Canadian novelists in French