Cécile Chabot
Cécile Chabot | |
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.jpg) Cécile Chabot in 1945 | |
| Born | 11 September 1907 L'Annonciation, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 30 May 1990 (aged 82) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | École des beaux-arts de Montréal |
| Occupations | Poet, artist |
| Writing career | |
| Language | French |
Cécile Chabot (11 September 1907 – 30 May 1990) was a Canadian poet and illustrator.
Early life and education
Cécile Chabot was born on 11 September 1907 at 252, rue L' Annonciation Sud in L'Annonciation, Quebec to merchant Ferdinand Chabot and Alma Dubreuil.[1][2] She was raised in Saint-Césaire,[3][4] and attended Les Religieuses de la Presentation de Marie schools there.[2] Chabot was then educated at École des arts et métiers and later at École des beaux-arts de Montréal.[4] She also studied at the Université de Montréal.[2] After finishing her education, she worked in the archives of the Musée de la province de Québec.[3][4]
In 1948, she began studying at Sorbonne in Paris. While she was in Paris, she used the studio of Robert Bonfils.[1][2]
Career
Chabot served as the vice-president of the Société des poètes. She was awarded the gold medal by the society in 1929.[4]
She came to prominence with the poem collection Vitrail in 1939, which she illustrated herself with etchings and watercolours. Three years later, in 1942, Chabot published Légende mystique.[5]
Chabot created approximately forty sketches for Radio-canada over four years from 1942 to 1946. In addition to her work with Radio-canada, she served as a publicist for the Association des Amis de l'art from 1944. On 15 June 1948, Chabot officially became a member of the Canadian Writers Society and the Royal Society of Canada and received a medal from the latter in 1964 for her novel Feerie.[3][4]
In 1961, Chabot published the short story Et le chevalvert, followed by Contes du ciel et de la terre the following year.[6]
Many of her poems were inspired by her love of nature and religion, and she often illustrated her poetic collections herself.[4][7] In addition to her poems, Chabot created numerous drawings, etchings and oil paintings.[5] She also maintained a long correspondence with the author Gabrielle Roy after they met in Europe in 1948, with Roy writing over fifty letters to Chabot over twenty years.[1][6]
Death and legacy
Chabot died in Montreal on 30 May 1990, at the age of 82.[5]
The house where she was born is commemorated in the Rivière-Rouge district of L'Annonciation. Additionally, a library in Sherbrooke is named after her.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Maison de naissance de Cécile Chabot". Route du Lievre Rouge (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Creative Canada A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists Volume One. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1971. p. 56. ISBN 9781442637832.
- 1 2 3 "Répertoire numérique du fonds Cécile-Chabot" (PDF). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (in French). p. 11. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hamel, Réginald; Hare, John; Paul, Wyczynski (1989). Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord (in French). Montreal: Fides. p. 257. ISBN 2762114756.
- 1 2 3 Monet Chartrand, Simonne (1990). Pionnières québécoises et regroupements de femmes d'hier à aujourd'hui (in French). Éditions du Remue-ménage. pp. 307–308. ISBN 9782890910942.
- 1 2 Roy, Gabrielle; Léger, Ariane; Ricard, François (2005). Femmes de lettres lettres à ses amies, 1945-1978 (in French). Montreal: Boréal. p. 14. ISBN 9782764603239.
- ↑ De Grandpre, Pierre (1968). Histoire de la litterature francaise du Quebec (in French). p. 247.
- 1907 births
- 1990 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- 20th-century Canadian women poets
- 20th-century Canadian women artists
- 20th-century Canadian illustrators
- Artists from Quebec
- Poets from Quebec
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Canadian women illustrators
- French-language Canadian poets
- French-language Canadian short story writers
- Université de Montréal alumni
- University of Paris alumni