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Éva Senécal

1905 – 1988

Canadian writer

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Lived 1905 – 1988 (aged 82). Éva Senécal was a Canadian writer, poet and novelist.

Éva Senécal (/evɑ senekal/; born April 20, 1905, in La Patrie, Quebec; died March 14, 1988, in Sherbrooke), was a Québécois poet and novelist who worked for the Sherbrooke newspaper, La Tribune.

Early life and education Senécal had a solitary childhood and attended school at the École normale de Saint Hyacinthe in La Patrie. She contracted tuberculosis in her late teens and her long convalescence afforded time for extensive reading and developing her poetry.

Legacy The city of Sherbrooke's first public library was named for her at the time of its foundation in December 1990.

Works 1927, Un peu d'angoisse… Un peu de fièvre, Montréal, La Patrie. 1929, La course dans l'aurore, préface de Louis Philippe Robidoux, Sherbrooke, La Tribune. 1931, Dans les ombres, Montréal, Albert Lévesque. (Coll. "Romans de la jeune génération") 1933, Mon Jacques, Montréal, Albert Lévesque.

Prizes 1929 – Poetry prize awarded by l'Action catholique de la jeunesse canadienne (A.C.J.C.), for La Course dans l'aurore 1929 – First prize for originality at the Salon des poètes de Lyon, for "Vent du Nord," a poem from La Course dans l'aurore. 1931 – Prix Albert-Lévesque, for Dans les ombres

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Who was Éva Senécal?

Canadian writer (1905-1988)

When was Éva Senécal born?

Éva Senécal was born on 20 April 1905 in La Patrie.

When did Éva Senécal die?

Éva Senécal died on 14 March 1988 in Sherbrooke.

What was Éva Senécal's occupation?

Éva Senécal was a writer, poet and novelist.

What nationality was Éva Senécal?

Éva Senécal was Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Éva Senécal

· Wikidata: Q3592677

· DBpedia: Éva Senécal

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