Cécile Chabot

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]

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]