Anne Hébert

Anne Hébert (1916-2000) was born in Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, the daughter of the critic Maurice Hébert and cousin of the poet Saint-Denys Garneau, whose early death marked her. She wrote texts for Radio-Canada radio, then worked as a screenwriter and writer at the National Film Board, lived in Paris for some thirty years, and returned to Montreal in 1997. Three times winner of the Governor General's Award, twice for the novel and once for poetry, and awarded the Prix Femina in 1982, she died in Montreal.

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• Short storiesThe TorrentLe TorrentAnne Hébert · 1950Literature