Canadian novelist and playwright Antonine Maillet first achieved literary recognition in 1971 with her play
La Sagouine. Written in the French vernacular of the Acadians of south-eastern New Brunswick, an archaic popular language that traces its roots back to seventeenth-century France, it was first presented at the Université de Moncton and at the Théâtre du Rideau vert in Montreal. The play, thanks to its immediate and overwhelming success, was made into a long-playing record and filmed as a weekly series broadcast on national television by Radio-Canada. It was translated into English, and toured throughout Canada as well as in Paris and Monaco. Since 1992, the play has been presented every summer at the “Pays de la Sagouine”, a small village meant to recreate Maillet’s…
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Citation: Bourque, Denis Joseph. "La Sagouine". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 January 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35700, accessed 22 November 2024.]
