Anne-Marie Sicotte
Anne-Marie Sicotte (born 1962) is a writer in Quebec, Canada.[1]
The daughter of Sylvie Gélinas, she was born in Montreal. Her maternal grandfather was Gratien Gélinas.[2] Sicotte received a bachelor's degree in history and anthropology. She was editor in chief for L'Éclusier, a monthly publication dealing with the history of the Lachine Canal. She published De la vapeur au vélo : le guide du canal de Lachine for Parks Canada in 1986. She then worked as journalist and editor for various publications. From 1995 to 1996, she published a two-volume biography of her grandfather Gratien Gélinas - la ferveur et le doute. In 2005, she published Marie-Gérin Lajoie, Conquérante de la liberté.[1][3]
In 1992, she won first prize in the annual contest sponsored by Voir magazine for her contribution to the collection of stories Circonstances particulières.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- Gratien Gélinas : du naïf Fridolin à l'ombrageux Tit-Coq, biography (2001)
- Justice Lacoste Beaubien. Au secours des enfants malades, biography (2002)
- Les accoucheuses, trilogy (2006-2008)
- Le pays insoumis, novel (2011)
- Les tuques bleues, novel (2014)
- Histoire inédite des patriotes. Un peuple libre en images, history (2016)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sicotte, Anne-Marie" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois.
- ^ a b "Fonds Anne-Marie Sicotte" (in French). Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ a b "Des patriotes plus grands que nature". Le Devoir (in French). June 18, 2016.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Fonds Anne-Marie Sicotte (R(8988) at Library and Archives Canada
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Writers from Montreal
- 21st-century Canadian biographers
- Canadian women biographers
- Canadian historical novelists
- Canadian women novelists
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Canadian novelists in French
- Canadian non-fiction writers in French
- Quebec writer stubs