Antonine Maillet (May 10, 1929 - February 17, 2025) was an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada. Following high school, Maillet received her BA from the CollĂšge Notre-Dame d'Acadie in 1950, followed by an MA from the UniversitĂ© de Moncton in 1959. She then received her PhD in literature in 1971 from the UniversitĂ© Laval. Her thesis is entitled Rabelais et les traditions populaires en Acadie. Maillet taught literature aâŠ
