Geneviève Amyot
Encyclopedia
Geneviève Amyot was a Canadian poet
and novel
ist.
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 she taught literature at the college level.
She then focused on her writing. She collaborated with many magazines including Estuaire
, Dérives, La Nouvelle Barre du jour, Interventions
, Québec français and Room of One's Own
.
She is the aunt of comedian Yves Amyot
.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist.
Amyot was born in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City.The town was founded in 1691 by three families...
. 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 she taught literature at the college level.
She then focused on her writing. She collaborated with many magazines including Estuaire
Estuaire
Estuaire may refer to:* Estuaire - a province in Gabon* Estuaire - a contemporary art exhibition in France...
, Dérives, La Nouvelle Barre du jour, Interventions
Interventions
Interventions is a book by Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, MIT professor, and political activist. Published in May 2007, Interventions is a collection of 44 op-ed articles, post-9/11, from September 2002, through March 2007....
, Québec français and Room of One's Own
Room of One's Own
Room is a Canadian quarterly literary journal founded to showcase the work of established and emerging Canadian women writers and visual artists. Launched in Vancouver in 1975 by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Publishing Society, the journal has always been operated by an all-volunteer...
.
She is the aunt of comedian Yves Amyot
Yves Amyot
Yves Amyot is a Franco-Canadian actor. He studied theater at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec from 1989 to 1992. He plays In the Quebec comedy television series, La Job, adaptation of the cult British show The Office of the BBC. He holds the role corresponding to Chris Finch , Rocky...
.
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 - Terrasses Saint-Sulpice Poetry Award from the EstuaireEstuaireEstuaire may refer to:* Estuaire - a province in Gabon* Estuaire - a contemporary art exhibition in France...
magazine for Corps d'atelier - 1990 - Finalist for the Governor General's Award for French language poetry1990 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10000 and a specially bound edition of his or her book. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:...
for Corps d'atelier