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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Suzanne Martel (October 8, 1924 - July 29, 2012) was a French Canadian journalist, novelist and author for Quebecois youth. She was the daughter of Francis Xavier Chouinard, clerk of the City of Quebec between 1927 and 1961 and Lady Couillard, who resided at rue de Bernières in Quebec City until 1963. She also was the sister of Monique Corriveau, who was well-known in Quebec as the author of more than twenty novels for teenagers.Amazed by the universe of the novels of Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), the Chouinard sisters invented an imaginary country, the Gotal, home to those they call "People in the wall". As children and teenagers, they wrote the adventures of these forty fictional characters they get to know as well as their own family. They were so attached to their writing that, when they reached twelve years old, their mother reportedly forbade them to write more than eight hours a day. Later, when they reached adulthood, they selected, in turn, a Montcorbier clan member and wrote of his adventures. This would become the most voluminous saga of the literary history of Quebec. Prior to the death of Monique Corriveau in 1976, the two sisters had written one for the other fifteen novels on their respective heroes. This saga remains largely unpublished to date.Suzanne Martel studied at École des Ursulines, Quebec, then continued her studies in literature and languages at the University of Toronto.She worked as a journalist for Le Soleil in 1945, then as a freelancer in 1946.After World War II, Suzanne Martel came to live in Outremont with Maurice Martel, her husband, who is a lawyer. In subsequent years, the writer gives birth to six boys (Paul, Bernard, Luc, Eric, Alain-Anadi and Yves) who quickly become her primary audience.In 1963, she published her first young adult novel, a tale of sci-fi, Surreal 3000 (English title: The City Under Ground), for which she received the prize of the Canadian Association of French-language publishers. This classic children's book - which is said to be the first science fiction novel in Quebec - is still being studied in some schools.In 1971, she founded the weekly children's publication Safari in the newspaper Montréal-Matin. She was an editor until 1974 when the newspaper was sold to La Presse.Subsequently, Martel published many novels that made her one of the greatest novelists of adventure both in Quebec and Canada.On July 29, 2012, Martel died surrounded by her family in Ste-Adèle.. }

• Suzanne_Martel abstract "Suzanne Martel (October 8, 1924 - July 29, 2012) was a French Canadian journalist, novelist and author for Quebecois youth. She was the daughter of Francis Xavier Chouinard, clerk of the City of Quebec between 1927 and 1961 and Lady Couillard, who resided at rue de Bernières in Quebec City until 1963. She also was the sister of Monique Corriveau, who was well-known in Quebec as the author of more than twenty novels for teenagers.Amazed by the universe of the novels of Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), the Chouinard sisters invented an imaginary country, the Gotal, home to those they call "People in the wall". As children and teenagers, they wrote the adventures of these forty fictional characters they get to know as well as their own family. They were so attached to their writing that, when they reached twelve years old, their mother reportedly forbade them to write more than eight hours a day. Later, when they reached adulthood, they selected, in turn, a Montcorbier clan member and wrote of his adventures. This would become the most voluminous saga of the literary history of Quebec. Prior to the death of Monique Corriveau in 1976, the two sisters had written one for the other fifteen novels on their respective heroes. This saga remains largely unpublished to date.Suzanne Martel studied at École des Ursulines, Quebec, then continued her studies in literature and languages at the University of Toronto.She worked as a journalist for Le Soleil in 1945, then as a freelancer in 1946.After World War II, Suzanne Martel came to live in Outremont with Maurice Martel, her husband, who is a lawyer. In subsequent years, the writer gives birth to six boys (Paul, Bernard, Luc, Eric, Alain-Anadi and Yves) who quickly become her primary audience.In 1963, she published her first young adult novel, a tale of sci-fi, Surreal 3000 (English title: The City Under Ground), for which she received the prize of the Canadian Association of French-language publishers. This classic children's book - which is said to be the first science fiction novel in Quebec - is still being studied in some schools.In 1971, she founded the weekly children's publication Safari in the newspaper Montréal-Matin. She was an editor until 1974 when the newspaper was sold to La Presse.Subsequently, Martel published many novels that made her one of the greatest novelists of adventure both in Quebec and Canada.On July 29, 2012, Martel died surrounded by her family in Ste-Adèle.".