{{Short description|Canadian writer (1936-2012)}} {{about||the French composer and teacher|Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard|the French composer|Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard}} {{Expand French|topic=bio|Marie Savard|date=November 2016}}
'''Marie Savard''' (August 15, 1936 – January 16, 2012) was a Canadian writer living in Quebec.
The daughter of Paul Savard and Germaine Collin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://federationgenealogie.qc.ca/base-de-donnees/avis-de-deces/fiche.php?id=757973 |title=Avis de décès de Marie Savard |work=La Presse |language=fr}}</ref> she was born in Quebec City, Quebec. In 1965, she published her first poetry collection ''Les Coins de l'Ove''. In the same year, she released a self-titled recording of songs/poems. From 1961 to 1966, she wrote a number of scripts for children for Radio-Canada. Savard also wrote a number of scripts for radio broadcasts, including ''Bien à moi'' which was first broadcast in 1969 and later rebroadcast in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Her work appeared in various literary magazines such as ''Liberté'', ''{{interlanguage link|La barre du jour|fr}}'', ''Sorcières'' (Paris), ''{{interlanguage link|Mœbius (magazine)|fr|Mœbius (revue)|lt=Moebius}}'', ''LittéRéalité'' (York University), ''Arcade'' and ''l'Arbre à Paroles''.<ref name=lile>{{cite web |url=https://www.litterature.org/recherche/ecrivains/savard-marie-424/ |title=Savard, Marie |publisher=Infocentre littéraire des écrivains |language=fr}}</ref>
In 1974, she established Éditions de la Pleine Lune, the first publishing house in Quebec dedicated to women.<ref name=lile/>
Savard died in Montreal at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sisyphe.org/spip.php?article4087 |title=Décès de la poète féministe Marie Savard (1936 - 2012) |work=Sysiphe |language=fr |date=January 20, 2012}}</ref>
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