{{short description|Canadian poet and illustrator (1907–1990)}} {{Infobox writer | name = | image = People. Cecile Chabot BAnQ P48S1P12356 (1945 photo; cropped 2023).jpg | alt = | caption = Cécile Chabot in 1945 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|09|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = L'Annonciation, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|05|30|1907|09|11|df=yes}} | death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | resting_place = | occupation = Poet, artist | language = French | education = École des beaux-arts de Montréal | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notable_works = | awards = | signature = }} '''Cécile Chabot''' (11 September 1907 – 30 May 1990) was a Canadian poet and illustrator.
== Early life and education == Cécile Chabot was born on 11 September 1907 at 252, rue L' Annonciation Sud in L'Annonciation, Quebec to merchant Ferdinand Chabot and Alma Dubreuil.<ref name="RLR">{{cite web |title=Maison de naissance de Cécile Chabot |url=https://www.routedulievrerouge.com/riviere-rouge/maison-de-naissance-de-cecile-chabot |website=Route du Lievre Rouge |access-date=30 March 2026 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="CreativeCanada">{{cite book |title=Creative Canada A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists Volume One |date=1971 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=9781442637832 |page=56 |url=https://archive.org/details/creativecanadabi0000unse/page/56/mode/2up|location=Toronto}}</ref> She was raised in Saint-Césaire,<ref name="BANQ">{{cite web |title=Répertoire numérique du fonds Cécile-Chabot |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/bitstream/52327/2023026/1/466269.pdf |website=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |access-date=30 March 2026 |page=11|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Hamel">{{cite book |last1=Hamel |first1=Réginald |last2=Hare |first2=John |last3=Paul |first3=Wyczynski |author3-link=Paul Wyczynski |title=Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord |date=1989 |publisher=Fides |location=Montreal |isbn=2762114756 |page=257 |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3995729 |language=fr}}</ref> and attended Les Religieuses de la Presentation de Marie schools there.<ref name="CreativeCanada" /> Chabot was then educated at École des arts et métiers and later at École des beaux-arts de Montréal.<ref name="Hamel" /> She also studied at the Université de Montréal.<ref name="CreativeCanada" /> After finishing her education, she worked in the archives of the Musée de la province de Québec.<ref name="BANQ" /><ref name="Hamel" />
In 1948, she began studying at Sorbonne in Paris. While she was in Paris, she used the studio of Robert Bonfils.<ref name="RLR" /><ref name="CreativeCanada" />
== Career == left|thumb|Chabot at her Esplanade Avenue residence in Montreal in 1945 Chabot served as the vice-president of the Société des poètes. She was awarded the gold medal by the society in 1929.<ref name="Hamel" />
She came to prominence with the poem collection ''Vitrail'' in 1939, which she illustrated herself with etchings and watercolours. Three years later, in 1942, Chabot published ''Légende mystique''.<ref name="MonetChartrand">{{cite book |last1=Monet Chartrand |first1=Simonne |author1-link=Simonne Monet-Chartrand |title=Pionnières québécoises et regroupements de femmes d'hier à aujourd'hui |date=1990 |publisher=Éditions du Remue-ménage |isbn=9782890910942 |pages=307-308 |url=https://archive.org/details/pionniresqubcois0000simo/page/306/mode/2up |language=fr}}</ref>
Chabot created approximately forty sketches for Radio-canada over four years from 1942 to 1946. In addition to her work with Radio-canada, she served as a publicist for the Association des Amis de l'art from 1944. On 15 June 1948, Chabot officially became a member of the Canadian Writers Society and the Royal Society of Canada and received a medal from the latter in 1964 for her novel ''Feerie''.<ref name="BANQ" /><ref name="Hamel" />
In 1961, Chabot published the short story ''Et le chevalvert'', followed by ''Contes du ciel et de la terre'' the following year.<ref name="LegerRicard">{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Gabrielle |last2=Léger |first2=Ariane |last3=Ricard |first3=François |author1-link=Gabrielle Roy |author3-link=François Ricard |title=Femmes de lettres lettres à ses amies, 1945-1978 |date=2005 |publisher=Boréal |location=Montreal |isbn=9782764603239 |page=14 |url=https://archive.org/details/femmesdelettresl0000royg/page/14/mode/2up |language=fr}}</ref>
Many of her poems were inspired by her love of nature and religion, and she often illustrated her poetic collections herself.<ref name="Hamel" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=De Grandpre |first1=Pierre |title=Histoire de la litterature francaise du Quebec |date=1968 |page=247 |url=https://archive.org/details/histoiredelalitt0002pier/page/246/mode/2up|language=fr}}</ref> In addition to her poems, Chabot created numerous drawings, etchings and oil paintings.<ref name="MonetChartrand" /> She also maintained a long correspondence with the author Gabrielle Roy after they met in Europe in 1948, with Roy writing over fifty letters to Chabot over twenty years.<ref name="RLR" /><ref name="LegerRicard" />
== Death and legacy == Chabot died in Montreal on 30 May 1990, at the age of 82.<ref name="MonetChartrand" />
The house where she was born is commemorated in the Rivière-Rouge district of L'Annonciation. Additionally, a library in Sherbrooke is named after her.<ref name="RLR" />
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