She was a long time a living legend of Acadian culture and the first non-European winner of the Goncourt Prize in 1979 with Pélagie-la-Charrette. Antonine Maillet died out “peacefully” in her home in Montreal on Monday, February 17, at the age of 95, according to the press release released by her publisher.
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Antonine Maillet, Acadian to the end of the pen
