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Yvette Naubert

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Yvette Naubert

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1918-09-19 (Hull, Quebec)
Died
1982-12-01 (Ottawa) age 64
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Hull, Quebec → Montreal → United States → Ottawa

Career

Occupations
writer, playwright
Active Years
1946-1982
Affiliations
Radio Canada, University of Ottawa

Education

École de musique Vincent-d'Indy
Music
Degree: Bachelor of Music
Country: Canada

Awards

Prix du Cercle du livre de France
1968
Work: L'été de la cigale
Organization: Cercle du livre de France
Result: winner
Prix David
1968
Work: L'été de la cigale
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La dormeuse éveillée

1965 novel

Contes de la solitude

1967 novel

L'été de la cigale

1968 novel

Les Pierrefendre

1972 novel

Legacy

Canadian French-language writer from Quebec. Won major literary prizes for her 1968 novel L'été de la cigale. Died in Ottawa. An island in the Ottawa River and an avenue in Montreal are named after her.

In Popular Culture

  • Île Yvette-Naubert, a small island in the Ottawa River, named in her honour.
  • Avenue Yvette-Naubert in Montreal named after her.