Arlette Cousture | |
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Born | Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada | April 3, 1948
Genre | Novel |
Notable works | Les Filles de Caleb |
Arlette Cousture, OC CQ (born April 3, 1948) is a Canadian writer. She writes historical fiction, often depicting the lives of women in Quebec. [1] [2] Many of her novels have become best-sellers in the French language. [3]
Cousture was born in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from collège Sainte-Marie. [4]
As a young woman, Cousture worked at Radio-Canada television. She later worked in radio and as a journalist. She worked in communications at Hydro Quebec. [4]
In the 1980s Cousture wrote a pair of best-selling novels, Les filles de Caleb, about the life of a young teacher in rural Quebec. [5] [6] [7] The stories later became the basis of a television series [8] [9] and were translated into English. [10] [11] Cousture later wrote more stories about the novels' heroine, Emilie.
In the 1990s Cousture wrote a two-volume story, Ces Enfants d'ailleurs, about a Polish family's move to Canada during World War II. [4]
In 1998, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2012, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. [12]