Anne-Marie Sicotte (born 1962) is a writer in Quebec, Canada.[1]

Anne-Marie Sicotte, historian and author from Quebec, Canada

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

  • 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sicotte, Anne-Marie" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois.
  2. 1 2 "Fonds Anne-Marie Sicotte" (in French). Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Des patriotes plus grands que nature". Le Devoir (in French). June 18, 2016.


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