Jovette Marchessault, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jovette Marchessault

Canadian writer and artist

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1938

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 31-Dec-2012

Profession: writer, poet, painter, novelist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jovette Marchessault (French: [??v?t ma??eso]) (February 9, 1938 – December 31, 2012) was a Canadian writer and artist from Quebec, who worked in a variety of literary and artistic domains including novels, poetry, drama, painting and sculpture.
An important pioneer of lesbian and feminist literature and art in Canada, many of her most noted works were inspired by other real-life women in literature and art, including Violette Leduc, Gertrude Stein and Alice B.
Toklas, Emily Carr, Anaïs Nin and Helena Blavatsky.