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Place of Birth: La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
About Laure Conan
- Laure Conan, pen name of Marie-Louise-Félicité Angers, (9 January 1845 – 6 June 1924), is regarded as the first true French-Canadian female novelist.
- She was born in Murray Bay, Canada East (now La Malbaie, Quebec). Educated by the Ursulines, Laure wrote eleven books focussed largely on religion and family structure in Quebec, with a particular interest in exploring the minds of her characters.
- She also was a valued contributor to Le Journal de Françoise, a bimonthly paper edited by Robertine Barry. Conan's best remembered book is Angéline de Montbrun (1884) and is possibly Conan's best psychological novel.
- She died in Quebec, Quebec from heart failure following surgery to treat ovarian cancer, diagnosed days earlier by her grandnephew, a doctor.
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