Reine-Aimée Côté (born November 20, 1948) is a Canadian writer living in the

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region of

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. She was born in Villebois and earned a bachelor's degree in literary studies from the

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. Côté taught school at the primary and secondary levels in

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for 35 years; from 1998 to 1999, she was advisor for French education at the

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level. She retired from teaching in 2002. In 1991, she won two first prizes at the annual creative writing contest sponsored by ''La Bonante''. Her first novel ''Les Bruits'' received the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2004 and the the following year. ''Les Bruits'' was also a finalist for the Prix Anne-Hébert. Côté published her second novel ''L'échappée des dieux'' in 2009, which received honourable mention at the Salon du livre du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

Selected works

Source: * ''Le bal des miséreux'', stories (1996) * ''Haillons de lune'', poetry (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cote, Reine-Aimee 1948 births Living people Canadian women novelists Canadian novelists in French Université du Québec à Chicoutimi alumni