Jovette Bernier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jovette Bernier

Canadian journalist, writer, and poet

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1900

Place of Birth: Saint-Fabien, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1981

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, novelist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jovette Bernier

  • Marie-Angele "Jovette" Alice Bernier (November 27, 1900 – December 4, 1981) was a journalist and writer in Quebec.
  • Because of extensive exposure in the print media and on radio, she was often referred to simply as Jovette.The daughter of Joseph-ElzĂ©ar Bernier and Élise Morest, she was born in Saint-Fabien-de-Rimouski.
  • She attended the Normal School in Rimouski and went on to teach in the GaspĂ© region and later Quebec City.
  • Bernier began her career in journalist in 1923 and, over the next 50 years, appeared in print, on radio and on television.
  • She wrote for L'ÉvĂ©nement in Quebec city, La Tribune in Sherbrooke and L'Illustration in Montreal.
  • In 1932, she was given a daily show Bonjour madame on radio station CKAC.
  • From 1939 to 1958, Bernier was the host of the radio show Quelles nouvelles , which included sketch comedy.
  • From 1963 to 1965, she wrote scripts for the Quebec soap opera Rue de l’Anse.She published five collections of poems: Roulades (1924) Comme l'oiseau (1926) Tout n'est pas dit (1929), which won the Lieutenant-Governor's medal les Masques dĂ©chirĂ©s (1932) Mon deuil en rouge (1945)and two novels: La chair dĂ©cevante (1931) Non Monsieur (1969), which received the Prix du Cercle du livre de FranceBernier died in Longueuil at the age of 81.Rue Jovette-Bernier in Sherbrooke and Rue Jovette-Bernier in Quebec City were named in her honour. An annual literary prize, the Prix Jovette-Bernier (later known as the Prix Jovette-Bernier—Ville de Rimouski), was created in her honour.Non Monsieur Non Monsieur from 1969 describes Puce ("Flea"), a woman set apart from traditional society.
  • She is a teacher, who falls madly in love with a Metis man named Noc.
  • As summarized by Ouellet, Beaulieu, and Tremblay, she is acting less for her own liberation as a woman and more as an act of rebellion against her family. La chair dĂ©cevant La chair dĂ©cevante from 1931 was seen as scandalously sensual when it was first published.
  • The protagonist is Didi, a young single mother (a social status that was not widely accepted at the time.) The book opens with Didi on vacation at a beach.
  • She meets a man named Jean, and the book describes her appreciating his body with a frankness and explicitness that would be seen as shocking for the time.

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