La Sagouine

"La Sagouine" is a novel written by New Brunswick author Antonine Maillet that tells the story of "la Sagouine", an Acadian washerwoman from rural New Brunswick. The novel is essentially a collection of monologues, written in Chiac, a mixture of the French and English languages which is commonly spoken by Acadians. At the time of its publication in 1971, the language that the novel was written in was closer to French. It has since been translated into English by Luis de Céspedes in 1984, and most recently by Wayne Grady in 2007, based on the second enlarged edition published in 1974 by Les Editions Lemeac.

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*cite book | title=La Sagouine | last=Maillet | first=Antonine | authorlink=Antonine Maillet | publisher=Les Editions Lemeac | location=Ottawa | edition=1st ed. | date=1971 | id=
*cite book | title=La Sagouine | last=Maillet | first=Antonine | authorlink=Antonine Maillet | publisher=Simon & Pierre | location=Toronto | edition=Eng. trans reissue | coauthors=Luis de Cepedes | date=1985 | id=ISBN 0889241856
*cite book | title=La Sagouine | last=Maillet | first=Antonine | authorlink=Antonine Maillet
publisher=Goose Lane Editions | location=Fredericton |edition=Eng. trans | coauthors=Wayne Grady | date=2007 | id=ISBN 9780864924155