Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard
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Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard (1889–1958) was a Canadian poet, and the first published female poet of the Québec
region of Canada
. She is also the first woman to have faced literary criticism without using a pseudonym
.
She was born in Escoumains, Québec, and studied literature
at the University of Montreal.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
region of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. She is also the first woman to have faced literary criticism without using a pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
.
She was born in Escoumains, Québec, and studied literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
at the University of Montreal.
Collections published after her death
- 1989 - Anthologie de Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard : première poétesse du Québec (Anthology of Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard: first female poet of Québec)
- 1991 - Les Quatre Saisons : poèmes choisis (The four seasons: selected poems)