Laure Conan

Laure Conan is the pen name of Félicité Angers (1845-1924), born in La Malbaie, the daughter of a blacksmith and merchant, and educated by the Ursulines of Quebec. A relationship with the surveyor and member of the legislature Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, broken off in the late sixties, is said by critics to have nourished her work. Living by her pen, a rare privilege, in constant hardship, she was the first woman to build a career in letters in French Canada. Housed by the Sisters of the Precious Blood of Saint-Hyacinthe, she edited their journal from 1894 to 1898, then produced historical narratives. She dies in Quebec.

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• NovelAngéline de MontbrunLaure Conan · 1884LiteraturePublic domain