Martine L. Jacquot

Martine L. Jacquot (; born 1955) is a French-born novelist, poet, short story writer and journalist, living in Canada since 1982. She has a doctorate in French literature.

Early life and education Martine Lydie Jacquot was born in La Ferté-Gaucher, France, May 27, 1955, and spent her first five years in Saint-Mars-en-Brie, France.

She obtained her baccalaureate from the Lycée de Coulommiers and obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of King's College in Halifax in 1984, a master's degree in Canadian literature from Acadia University in 1986 and a Ph.D. in French literature from Dalhousie University in Halifax in 1995 with a thesis entitled.

Career Martine L. Jacquot reading, accompanied by the guitar, at the literary marathon of the journal Ancrage "43 200 seconds" in 2016. She teaches at various universities (Dalhousie, Acadia, St. Mary's, St. Anne's) as well as being a journalist (Ven'd'est, Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse, among others), and translator.

She was President of the Conseil Culturel Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse (CCANÉ) for three years and created the magazine ARTcadie. She was a member of the Board of Governors of the Nova Scotia Museum for 12 years. She is editor-in-chief of the academic journal Les Cahiers canadiens based at the Volgograd State University in Russia and a long-time contributor to Arabic-language publications such as Ashtarowt and Al Quds. Her work is part of the .

She is a member of the Parlement des Écrivaines Francophones and has published internationally.

Awards and honours 1987, Short story prize, Revue Liaison, for Des Yeux d'Irlande 1990, President's Award, literary contest of the Société Culturelle du Haut Saint-Jean, Edmundston, New Brunswick, for Les Nuits Démasquées 1992, Short story award, Revue Liaison, with Jazz 1994, Winner, "L'Acadie à découvrir" contest, SRC radio 1997, Winner, Concours de vieux mots acadiens, SRC radio 2000, Winner, Ontario Writers' Association Short Story Award (performed on stage at the , Ottawa) 2004, Acadia Student Union Teaching Recognition Award 2007, Prix Europe de l'ADELF for Au gré du vent6 2022, Prix d'Excellence, French & Friends Multilingual Book Festival, Washington, D.C., with Filigrane and La couleur du désir 2023, Shortlisted, Prix Quinquennal du Prix Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre.

Selected works

Les terres douces : roman, 1988 Route 138, 1989 Fleurs de pain : poésie, 1991 Les nuits démasquées, 1991 Espaces du réel, cheminements de création : Michel Goeldlin, 1995 Les glycines : roman 1996 Des oiseaux dans la tête : nouvelles, 1998 Etapes : poèmes choisis (1982-1995), 2001 Points de repère sur palimpseste usé : poésie, 2002 Masques : roman, 2003 Le secret de l'île, 2003 Au gré du vent ... : roman, 2005 Le silence de la neige : poésie, 2007 Duras, ou, Le regard absolu, 2009 La bande à Nanouk : roman jeunesse, 2009 Les oiseaux de nuit finissent aussi par s'endormir : roman , 2014