- Laure Conan
Laure Conan, pen name of Marie-Louise-Félicité Angers, (
9 January ,1845 –6 June ,1924 ), is regarded as the first trueFrench-Canadian femalenovelist . She was born in Murray Bay,Canada East . She was a cousin of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Educated by the
Ursulines , Laure wrote eleven books focussed largely on religion and family structure inQuebec , 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 byRobertine Barry .Conan's best remembered book is "Angéline de Montbrun" (1884) and is possibly Conan's best psychological novel. She died in
Montreal , Quebec.elected bibliography
*"Angéline de Montbrun" - 1884 (translated as "Angéline de Montbrun", 1974)
*"À l'oeuvre et à l'épreuve" - 1891 (translated as "The Master Motive", 1909)
*"L'oublié" - 1900
*"Élizabeth Seton" - 1903
*"L'obscure souffrance" - 1919
*"La sève immortelle" - 1925
*"Oeuvres romanesques" (3 volumes) - 1974-75External links
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* [http://wwwa.britannica.com/ebi/article-9320142 Britannica's article]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-214-e.html Library and Archives Canada bio of Laure Conan]
* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000209 the "Canadian Encyclopedia"]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=8007 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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