Laure Conan
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| Born | 9 January 1845 Murray Bay, Canada East, Province of Canada (now La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada) |
| Died | 6 June 1924 (aged 79) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse | never married[1] |
Laure Conan, pen name of Marie-Louise-Félicité Angers, (9 January 1845 – 6 June 1924), is regarded as the first true French-Canadian female novelist. She was born in Murray Bay, Canada East (now La Malbaie, Quebec).
Educated by the Ursulines, Laure wrote eleven books focussed largely on religion and family structure in Quebec, with a particular interest in exploring the minds of her characters. She also was a valued contributor to Le Journal de Françoise, a bimonthly paper edited by Robertine Barry.
Conan's best remembered book is Angéline de Montbrun (1884) and is possibly Conan's best psychological novel. She died in Quebec City, Quebec from heart failure following surgery to treat ovarian cancer, diagnosed days earlier by her grandnephew, a doctor.[1]
Selected works[]
- Angéline de Montbrun - 1884 (translated as Angéline de Montbrun, 1974)
- À l'oeuvre et à l'épreuve - 1891 (translated as The Master Motive, 1909)
- L'oublié - 1900
- Élizabeth Seton - 1903
- L'obscure souffrance - 1919
- La sève immortelle - 1925
- Oeuvres romanesques (3 volumes) - 1974-75
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Laure Conan". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
External links[]
- Works by Laure Conan at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Laure Conan at Internet Archive
- Angéline de Montbrun on Bibliothèque mobile de littérature québécoise (HTML)
- Britannica's article
- Library and Archives Canada bio of Laure Conan
- Conan at Canadian Encyclopedia
- Conan at Canadian Biography Online
- Conan, item at Athabasca University
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