Germaine Comeau
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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Germaine Comeau | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 78–79) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Université Sainte-Anne (BA) University of Ottawa (BEd) Université Sorbonne Nouvelle |
Germaine Comeau (born 1946) is a Canadian writer of Acadian descent.
The daughter of Lucille and Alphonse Comeau, she was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She received a BA from the Université Sainte-Anne and a BEd from the University of Ottawa. She later received a master's degree in theatre studies from the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle. She has been employed as a teacher and journalist, as well as an author of novels and plays. She later worked in the Centre provincial de ressources pédagogiques at the Université Sainte-Anne, where she prepared educational materials for Acadian students, for a number of years.[1][2] She has lived most of her life in the village of Meteghan River which is known in French as La Butte.[3]
Comeau published the play Les pêcheurs déportés in 1974. In 1983, she published a novel L'été aux puits secs[1] which won the Prix France-Acadie. She later was awarded the Prix littéraire Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie for her novel Laville. Comeau has also written radio plays for Société Radio-Canada.[4][3]
