Background
The daughter of Arthur Asselin and Gabrielle Payette, she was born Michèle Asselin in Montreal and went on to earn a Bachelor and a Bachelor of Education from the Université de Montréal.
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Michele Mailhot
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Career
She taught for several years and then worked as a journalist for Points de vue, Le Nouveau Journal and Radio-Canada. From 1961 to 1965, Mailhot was literary critic for Châtelaine. From 1969 to 1971, she was vice-director of the Presses universitaires de Montréal.
From 1972 to 1972, she was literary adviser for the publishing house Éditions du Journal
From 1976 to 1977, she was editor for the publishing house Éditions de l"Étincelle. Mailhot also worked as a reader for various publishing houses.
She wrote a number of short stories for the magazines Liberté, Louisiana Barre du Jour and The Massachusetts Review. In 1964, she published her first novel Dis-moi que je visiting
Mailhot died in Outremont at the age of 77 after an extended illness.
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Canada