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Marie-Angèle "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.[1]

Jovette-Alice Bernier
Born	(1900-11-27)November 27, 1900 Saint-Fabien, Quebec
Died	December 4, 1981(1981-12-04) (aged 81) Longueuil, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	writer journalist

Biography

The daughter of Joseph-Elzéar Bernier and Élise Morest, she was born in Saint-Fabien-de-Rimouski.[1] She attended the Normal School in Rimouski and went on to teach in the Gaspé region and later Quebec City.[2] Bernier began her career in journalist in 1923 and, over the next 50 years, appeared in print, on radio and on television.[1] She wrote for L'Événement in Quebec city, La Tribune in Sherbrooke and L'Illustration in Montreal.[2] 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.[3]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• Roulades (1924)
• Comme l'oiseau (1926)
• Tout n'est pas dit (1929), which won the Lieutenant-Governor's medal
• les Masques déchirés (1932)
• Mon deuil en rouge (1945)

Novels

• La chair décevante (1931). La chair décevante from 1931 was seen as scandalously sensual when it was first published.[4] 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.[4]
• Non Monsieur (1969), which received the Prix du Cercle du livre de France.[2] 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,[5] she is acting less for her own liberation as a woman and more as an act of rebellion against her family.

Death and legacy

Bernier died in Longueuil at the age of 81.[1]

Rue Jovette-Bernier in Sherbrooke[2] ,Rue Jovette-Bernier in Montreal and Rue Jovette-Bernier in Quebec City[6] 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.[3]

Awards

• Lieutenant-Governor's medal
• Prix du Cercle du livre de France

References

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Jovette Bernier ou Jovette-Alice Bernier (née Marie-Angèle Alice Bernier le 27 novembre 1900 à Saint-Fabien et décédée le 4 décembre 1981 à Longueuil) est une journaliste, romancière et poétesse québécoise. Elle a écrit deux romans, plusieurs recueils de poésie, des centaines de contributions pour des revues mais aussi plusieurs feuilletons radiophoniques et télévisuels québécois.

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