Marie-Rose Turcot (July 2, 1887 – November 27, 1977) was a Canadian writer. Turcot was born in

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, to Belzémire Rousseau and Georges Turcot, a member of the Canadian House of Commons. She was educated at a convent in

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and at the

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, where she studied literature and philosophy. At the age of 20, she moved to

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to join the federal public service. She worked as a journalist for ''

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'' from 1934 to 1950; her work also appeared in various daily and weekly publications in Ottawa and Montreal. She sometimes used the pseudonym Constance Bayard. She was also a journalist for the

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radio station CKCH. Besides her own writing, she also collected and published

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. Turcot was a member of various French-Canadian cultural organizations in Ottawa, including Le Caveau. Turcot died in Orleans at the age of 90. A plaque describing her life was placed in front of the Rideau branch of the

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by the

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Selected works

Source: * ''L'Homme du jour'', stories (1920) * ''Le Carrousel'', stories (1928) * ''Nicolette Auclair'', novel (1930) * ''Un Jasper'', novel (1933) * ''Au pays des géants et des fées'', folklore (1937) * ''Le Maître'', poetry and prose (1940)

References

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