Anne Hébert
Anne Hébert is a poet, short story writer, novelist, scriptwriter and screenwriter. She has won several major awards, including the Prix Fémina, the Prix de l'Académie française, three Governor General's Awards and five honorary doctorates.
Having grown up with several poets and writers, including her cousin Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (Quebec's first great modern poet), who had a marked influence on her reading interests, she began writing at an early age. Her works, sometimes harsh and crude, disturb and upset the most conservative and traditionalists.
Biography in a few points
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1916: On August 1st, in Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Anne Hébert is born.
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1950: She publishes the short story collection Le Torrent.
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1953: She publishes the poetry collection Le Tombeau des rois.
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1967: On the death of her mother, she moves to Paris to write.
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1970: She publishes the novel Kamouraska, adapted for the screen by Claude Jutra.
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1975: Anne Hébert wins the Governor General's Award for Les Enfants du sabbat.
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1982: She publishes the novel Les Fous de Bassan, for which she receives the Prix Fémina and the Governor General's Award.
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1992: She receives the Governor General's Award for L'Enfant chargé de songes.
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2000: Anne Hébert dies on January 22, in Montreal.
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