Laure Conan
| Laure Conan | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born | 9 January 1845 Murray Bay, Canada East |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse | never married[1] |
Laure Conan, pen name of Marie-Louise-Félicité Angers, (9 January 1845 – 6 June 1924), is regarded as the first true French-Canadian female novelist. She was born in Murray Bay, Canada East.
Educated by the Ursulines, Laure wrote eleven books focussed largely on religion and family structure in Quebec, with a particular interest in exploring the minds of her characters. She also was a valued contributor to Le Journal de Françoise, a bimonthly paper edited by Robertine Barry.
Conan's best remembered book is Angéline de Montbrun (1884) and is possibly Conan's best psychological novel. She died in Quebec, Quebec from heart failure following surgery to treat ovarian cancer, diagnosed days earlier by her grandnephew, a doctor.[1]
Selected bibliography
- Angéline de Montbrun - 1884 (translated as Angéline de Montbrun, 1974)
- À l'oeuvre et à l'épreuve - 1891 (translated as The Master Motive, 1909)
- L'oublié - 1900
- Élizabeth Seton - 1903
- L'obscure souffrance - 1919
- La sève immortelle - 1925
- Oeuvres romanesques (3 volumes) - 1974-75
References
External links
- Works by Laure Conan at Project Gutenberg
- Lua error in Module:Internet_Archive at line 573: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Britannica's article
- Library and Archives Canada bio of Laure Conan
- the Canadian Encyclopedia
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a Canadian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Quebec biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Use Canadian English from January 2014
- All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- Articles with Internet Archive links
- 1845 births
- 1924 deaths
- Canadian women novelists
- People from Capitale-Nationale
- Quebecers of French descent
- 19th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century women writers
- 19th-century women writers
- Canadian writer stubs
- People from Quebec stubs
