Marguerite Lescop
Marguerite Lescop (born November 8, 1915 in Longueuil as Marguerite Geoffrion , † April 3, 2020 in Montreal ) was a Canadian author and publisher .
Life
Marguerite Lescop's writing career began after the death of her French husband René Lescop. This was a professor at the Collège Stanislas in Outremont . She began taking writing courses and at the age of 80 she self- published her autobiography Le Tour de ma vie en 80 ans . The book became a national hit, selling over 100,000 copies in Canada. It was awarded the Audience Prize at the Salon du livre de Montréal book fair . After this success she founded her own publishing house with éditions Lescop and published two more books with En effeuillant la Marguerite and Les Épîtres de Marguerite .
In 2001 she was awarded the Order of Canada by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson for her old age life achievement .
On April 3, 2020, Lescop died at the age of 104 in a Montreal retirement home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Works
- Le Tour de ma vie en 80 ans (1996)
- En effeuillant la Marguerite (1998)
- Les Épîtres de Marguerite (2000)
- Nous, les vieux (2006)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Une éclosion dans un CHSLD emporte l'autrice Marguerite Lescop. In: lapresse.ca. April 7, 2020, accessed on April 14, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lescop, Marguerite |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geoffrion, Marguerite (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian author and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Longueuil , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 2020 |
| Place of death | Montreal , Canada |