As reported by La Presse, Ms. Antonine Maillet shared in 2019 the following: “I want to write until I’m 100, if I live to see them”. She lived until 95.
May her soul rest in peace and her memory, in heaven, be as eternal as the beauty of the characters she created and whom she considered like her children, including but of course not limited to the La Sagouine (https://tinyurl.com/ydr3y27u).
Related to the above, and to cite Ms. Maillet’s own words, which she expressed in an interview with La Presse in 2022 (https://tinyurl.com/ydr3y27u): “The writer’s mission is the same as that of a mother who gives birth to children. I gave birth to a few hundred children: my characters. I owe them everything. And they are stronger than me“.
Bambi sends her condolences to your family and loved ones, Ms. Antonine Maillet.
Thank you (MERCI!), for having shared stories from Acadia with the entire world.
Indeed, readers from Bouctouche, New Brunswick, the Maritimes, Montreal, Canada, France, and the “francophonie” of the entire world, including Lebanon, are mourning today.
Mourning? Yes, for sure, yet we are all forever enriched by your immense talent. Forever grateful for the good times… and for the everlasting inspiration.
