Marguerite "Margot" Lemire (17 December 1946 – 10 March 2024) was a Canadian writer, poet, and playwright.[1]
Margot Lemire | |
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Born | Marguerite Lemire 17 December 1946 |
Died | 10 March 2024 Amos, Quebec, Canada | (aged 77)
Occupation(s) | Poet Playwright |
Biography
editBorn in Poularies on 17 December 1946, Lemire taught French in secondary school before becoming a union activist.[2] She was also a lecturer at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. After fifteen years of teaching, she devoted herself to writing and social work.[3] She became general director of the Corporation de développement communautaire d’Amos-région and worked at the Conseil régional de développement de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue.[4][5] In 2002, she sat on the implementation committee of the Réseau livre savoir.[6] She published three collections of poetry as well as several theatre pieces and various books.[2] She took part in poetry readings in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and attended the Salon du livre de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue .[7]
Lemire moved to La Motte, where her community involvement included the foundation of the cultural organization La Pariole in 1994. The following year, she co-founded Show de La Motte.[8] She continued writing her texts and poems throughout the next decades.[9][10] A tribute was paid to her at the 25th edition of the Show de La Motte in April 2023.[11] In 2012, her text, titled La Motte, mon village en Abitibi, won the first edition of the Mon village, c’est le meilleur! competition, organized by the magazine Vivre à la campagne.[12] In April 2023, the Ensemble Aiguebelle organized a concert titled Les Chants de mes déparlures inspired by her works.[13][14][15]
Margot Lemire died in Amos on 10 March 2024, at the age of 77.[16]
Works
editPoetry
editChronicles
edit- Les Mots qu’on relit (1989)
Collective works
edit- Nos Saisons (2011)
- Contes, légendes et récits de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (2012)
- Amos littéraire, un parfum de centenaire (2014)[20]
Theatre pieces
edit- Lover time (1980)
- Les malheureuses (1985)
- La terre n'est que le chemin (2002)[21]
Other texts
editAwards
edit- Prix littéraire de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (1989)[2]
- Prix reconnaissance Thérèse-Pagé (2004)[24]
- Honorary member, Conseil de la culture de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (2014)[2]
- Honors from the National Assembly of Quebec from François Gendron (2017)[25]
References
edit- ^ Paquin, Marie-Hélène (11 March 2024). "La poétesse et dramaturge abitibienne Margot Lemire s'éteint". Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Guindon, Martin (11 March 2024). "Décès de Margot Lemire : " Les gens se reconnaissaient dans sa littérature "". Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ St-Hilaire, Cynthia (3 October 2004). "" Je suis retombée en amour avec moi "". Le Citoyen (in French).
- ^ Lévesque, Dave (25 April 1999). "Margot Lemire prédit la perte de 150 emplois d'ici la fin de l'année". Le Citoyen (in French).
- ^ "Deux monuments de la culture régionale s'envolent en même temps". Le Citoyen Val-d'Or Amos (in French). 13 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Brève histoire du Réseau libre savoir". Réseau livre savoir (in French).
- ^ "Le 41e Salon du livre de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue affiche la couleur de ses mots". iHeartRadio Canada (in French). 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Ouellet, Ariane (1 April 2010). "Du déficit à la postérité". L'Indice bohémien (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ St-Hilaire, Catherine (4 May 2005). "Le Show de La Motte fait salle comble". L'Écho (in French).
- ^ Landry, Luc (30 April 1997). "Un autre spectacle exceptionnel à La Motte". L'Écho (in French).
- ^ Gauthier, Audrey-Anne (13 April 2023). "25e édition du Show de La Motte". Le Citoyen Rouyn (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b Gervais, Bruce (1 May 2012). "Margot Lemire mise sur La Motte". L'indice bohémien (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Gauthier, Audrey-Anne (22 September 2022). "" Les chants de mes déparlures " présenté par l'Ensemble Aiguebelle". Le Citoyen Val d'Or Amos (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Pronovist, Chloe (5 September 2023). "L'Orchestre symphonique régional : Au rythme des émotions". Le Citoyen Rouyn (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "L'Orchestre symphonique dévoile sa 37e programmation". Radio-Canada OHdio (in French). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Hall, Kimberley (11 March 2024). "Décès de l'artiste abitibienne Margot Lemire". TVA Abitibi-Temiscamingue (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Margot Lemire lance La semeuse de perles". Le Citoyen Rouyn (in French). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Margot Lemire revient avec un ouvrage de poésie d'envergure". Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Labrèche, Pierre (2 March 2017). "Margot Lemire, La semeuse de perles". L'indice bohémien (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Amos littéraire, un parfum de centenaire". L'indice bohémien (in French). 14 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Les deux temps de Maria". Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (in French).
- ^ "Lemire, Margot". L'infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois (in French).
- ^ "Le Steinway centenaire du Centre musical En sol mineur : l'histoire d'un piano et de son âme". HuffPost (in French). 15 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "La semeuse de perles - Margot Lemire". Musée d'art de Rouyn-Noranda (in French).
- ^ "L'oeuvre de Margot Lemire saluée à l'Assemblée nationale". Ici Radio-Canada-Télé (in French). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.