Anne-Marie Sicotte
Anne-Marie Sicotte (born 1962) is a writer in Quebec, Canada.[1]
The daughter of Sylvie Gélinas, she was born in Montreal. Her maternal grandfather was Gratien Gélinas.[2] Sicotte received a bachelor's degree in history and anthropology. She was editor in chief for L'Éclusier, a monthly publication dealing with the history of the Lachine Canal. She published De la vapeur au vélo : le guide du canal de Lachine for Parks Canada in 1986. She then worked as journalist and editor for various publications. From 1995 to 1996, she published a two volume biography of her grandfather Gratien Gélinas - la ferveur et le doute. In 2005, she published Marie-Gérin Lajoie, Conquérante de la liberté.[1][3]
In 1992, she won first prize in the annual contest sponsored by Voir magazine for her contribution to the collection of stories Circonstances particulières.[1]
Selected works[1][2]
- Gratien Gélinas : du naïf Fridolin à l'ombrageux Tit-Coq, biography (2001)
- Justice Lacoste Beaubien. Au secours des enfants malades, biography (2002)
- Les accoucheuses, trilogy (2006-2008)
- Le pays insoumis, novel (2011)
- Les tuques bleues, novel (2014)
- Histoire inédite des patriotes. Un peuple libre en images, history (2016)[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sicotte, Anne-Marie" (in French). Infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois.
- 1 2 "Fonds Anne-Marie Sicotte" (in French). Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- 1 2 "Des patriotes plus grands que nature". Le Devoir (in French). June 18, 2016.