Marguerite "Margot" Lemire (17 December 1946 – 10 March 2024) was a Canadian writer, poet, and playwright.[1]
Biography
Born in Poularies on 17 December 1946, Lemire taught French in secondary school before becoming a union activist.[2] She was also a lecturer at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. After fifteen years of teaching, she devoted herself to writing and social work.[3] She became general director of the Corporation de développement communautaire d’Amos-région and worked at the Conseil régional de développement de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue.[4][5] In 2002, she sat on the implementation committee of the Réseau livre savoir.[6] She published three collections of poetry as well as several theatre pieces and various books.[2] She took part in poetry readings in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and attended the Salon du livre de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue [fr].[7]
Lemire moved to La Motte, where her community involvement included the foundation of the cultural organization La Pariole in 1994. The following year, she co-founded Show de La Motte.[8] She continued writing her texts and poems throughout the next decades.[9][10] A tribute was paid to her at the 25th edition of the Show de La Motte in April 2023.[11] In 2012, her text, titled La Motte, mon village en Abitibi, won the first edition of the Mon village, c’est le meilleur! competition, organized by the magazine Vivre à la campagne.[12] In April 2023, the Ensemble Aiguebelle organized a concert titled Les Chants de mes déparlures inspired by her works.[13][14][15]
Margot Lemire died in Amos on 10 March 2024, at the age of 77.[16]
