Moïsette Olier


Corinne P. Beauchemin, known better by her pen name, Moïsette Olier was a Canadian writer from Quebec.

Biography

Corinne P. Beauchemin was born in Forges du Saint-Maurice, September 30, 1885.
Olier was a contributor to various newspapers including, Le Bien public, Le Nouvelliste, and Le Mauricien. Her work contributed to the regionalist literary stream, favored in particular by the tricentennial of the founding of Trois-Rivières. In 1934, the Trois-Rivières region went through a period of "literary renaissance".
Olier lived in Shawinigan. In 1929, she married Joseph Garceau, who was the first doctor in that city. In 1944, she moved to Montreal.
She chose the pseudonym, "Moïsette Olier", in reference to the name of her great-grandfather, Moses Olier. She died on June 17, 1972.

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