Cécile Chabot

Cécile Chabot (11 September 1907 – 30 May 1990) was a Canadian poet and illustrator.

Early life and education Cécile Chabot was born on 11 September 1907 at 252, rue L' Annonciation Sud in L'Annonciation, Quebec to merchant Ferdinand Chabot and Alma Dubreuil. She was raised in Saint-Césaire, and attended Les Religieuses de la Presentation de Marie schools there.

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.

Many of her poems were inspired by her love of nature and religion, and she often illustrated her poetic collections herself. In addition to her poems, Chabot created numerous drawings, etchings and oil paintings. 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.

Death and legacy Chabot died in Montreal on 30 May 1990, at the age of 82.

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.