Arlette Cousture, (born April 3, 1948) is a Canadian writer. She writes historical fiction, often depicting the lives of women in Quebec.Mary Jean Matthews Green. Women and Narrative Identity: Rewriting the Quebec National Text. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 2001. . p. 124–.Between Woman and Nation: Nationalisms, Transnational Feminisms, and the State. Duke University Press; 1999. . p. 56–. Many of her novels have become best-sellers in the French language.Quebec. Scholastic Library Publishing; October 1992. . p. 93.
Early life
Cousture was born in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from collège Sainte-Marie.Arlette Cousture at The Canadian Encyclopedia
Career As a young woman, Cousture worked at Radio-Canada television. She later worked in radio and as a journalist. She worked in communications at Hydro Quebec.
In the 1980s, Cousture wrote a pair of best-selling novels, Les filles de Caleb, about the life of a young teacher in rural Quebec.Reingard M. Nischik. History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian. Camden House; 2008. . p. 446–.W.H. New. A History of Canadian Literature. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 6 August 2003. . p. 344–.Adamson, Judith. "Nostalgia for a simpler Quebec" . Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Jan 09, 1993 F.14 The stories later became the basis of a television seriesSharing the Blessings. Médiaspaul; 1996. . p. 111–.David L. Pike. Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World. University of Toronto Press; 6 December 2012. . p. 162–. and were translated into English.John Robert Colombo. Fascinating Canada: A Book of Questions and Answers. Dundurn; 27 May 2011. . p. 138–.Quill & Quire. Vol. 58. 1992. p. 19. Cousture later wrote more stories about the novels' heroine, Emilie.
In the 1990s, Cousture wrote a two-volume story, Ces Enfants d'ailleurs, about a Polish family's move to Canada during World War II.
Awards and honours In 1998, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2012, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
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