Jovette Bernier
Marie-Angèle "Jovette" Alice Bernier (November 27, 1900 – December 4, 1981) was a journalist and writer in Quebec. Because of extensive exposure in the print media and on radio, she was often referred to simply as Jovette.
Also recorded as Jovette-Alice Bernier
Jovette Bernier
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- Name
- Jovette-Alice Bernier
- Born
- 27 November 1900
- Birthplace
- Saint-Fabien, Quebec
- Died
- 4 December 1981
- Place of death
- Longueuil, Quebec
- Occupation
- writer journalist
- Full name
- Marie-Angèle Alice Bernier.
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Languages
- French.
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Marie-Angèle "Jovette" Alice Bernier (November 27, 1900 – December 4, 1981) was a journalist and writer in Quebec. Because of extensive exposure in the print media and on radio, she was often referred to simply as Jovette.
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• Name — Jovette-Alice Bernier • Born — 27 November 1900 • Birthplace — Saint-Fabien, Quebec • Died — 4 December 1981 • Place of death — Longueuil, Quebec • Occupation — writer journalist
Biography
Biography
The daughter of Joseph-Elzéar Bernier and Élise Morest, she was born in Saint-Fabien-de-Rimouski. She attended the Normal School in Rimouski and went on to teach in the Gaspé region and later Quebec City. Bernier began her career in journalism in 1923 and, over the next 50 years, appeared in print, on radio and on television. She wrote for L'Événement in Quebec city, La Tribune in Sherbrooke and L'Illustration in Montreal. In 1932, she was given a daily show titled Bonjour madame on radio station CKAC. From 1939 to 1958, Bernier was the host of the radio show Quelles nouvelles, which included sketch comedy. From 1963 to 1965, she wrote scripts for the Quebec soap opera Rue de l'Anse.
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Saint-Fabien.
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Longueuil.
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Death and legacy
Bernier died in Longueuil at the age of 81. Rue Jovette-Bernier in Sherbrooke, Rue Jovette-Bernier in Montreal and Rue Jovette-Bernier in Quebec City were named in her honour. An annual literary prize, the Prix Jovette-Bernier (later known as the Prix Jovette-Bernier—Ville de Rimouski), was created in her honour.
Awards
• Lieutenant-Governor's medal • Prix du Cercle du livre de France
Photo d'un groupe de rédacteurs du journal L'Illustration Nouvelle, de Montréal (Québec, Canada). Assis, de gauche à droite: Medjé Vézina (pages féminines), Fernand Bilodeau (faits divers), Jean Bohémier (sports), Adrien Arcand (rédacteur en chef), Joseph Bourdon (directeur de l'information), Émile Délâge (directeur-gérant), Jovette-Alice Bernier (pages féminines). Debout, de gauche à droite: M
The source mentions that the photographer is probably Gérard Laferrière. · Scanned from the book Montréal-Matin son histoire ses histoires, by Joseph Bourdon, Les éditions La Presse, 1978
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