Madeleine Ferron (July 24, 1922 – February 27, 2010) was a Canadian writer.

Biography

She was born in

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. She began her early studies with the Sisters of Saint Anne, continuing at the

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and

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. She married Robert Cliche, a lawyer, in 1945. A writer and novelist, she also worked as a government commissioner and radio show host. She wrote for several magazines, notably ''

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'' and '' L'actualité''. Ferron tried to analyse lucidly the often obscure emotions of her literary characters. She was the sister of writer Jacques Ferron and painter and stained glass artist Marcelle Ferron. She died in February 2010 in

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. Her son David Cliche served in the

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as a

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MNA.

Awards and honours

* 1992 - Knight of the

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* Prix des Éditions La Presse * Prix France-Québec * Prix littéraire de la ville de Montréal

Publications

* La Fin des loups-garous, 1966 * Cœur de sucre, 1966 * Le baron écarlate, 1971 * Quand le peuple fait la loi, 1972 * Les beaucerons, ces insoumis, 1735-1867 : petite histoire de la Beauce, 1974 * Le chemin des dames, 1977 * Histoires édifiantes, 1981 * Sur le chemin Craig, 1983 * Un Singulier amour, 1987 * Le Grand théâtre, 1989 * Adrienne, 1993 * La Tricheuse 1977

External links

Madeleine Ferron entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography

Madeleine Ferron's obituary
1922 births 2010 deaths Canadian women novelists People from Louiseville People from Beauce, Quebec Spouses of Canadian politicians Université de Montréal alumni Université Laval alumni Knights of the National Order of Quebec 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers Canadian novelists in French Novelists from Quebec {{Quebec-writer-stub