Pauline Julien

Pauline Julien
Born23 May 1928 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1 October 1998 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 70)
Spouse(s)Gérald Godin Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Knight of the National Order of Quebec (1997) Edit this on Wikidata

Pauline Julien, CQ (May 23, 1928 – October 1, 1998), nicknamed "La Renarde",[1] was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist.[2]

Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec,[3] Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec provincial MLA Gérald Godin, another Trifluvian and sovereignist. Julien performed pro-independence songs in Montréal clubs as early as 1964. In 1965 she hosted the CBC television series Mon pays, mes chansons.[4] At the CBC she also collaborated and recorded with pianist Herbert Ruff,[5] and performed on the program On Stage.[6]

In 1970, Julien and Godin were arrested during the October Crisis and were released eight days later without charge.

In 1994, France decorated her with the title Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Julien was made a Chevalière de l'Ordre national du Québec.[7]

Diagnosed with a debilitating brain disease, Julien committed suicide in early October 1998 in Montreal.

She was the subject of the 2018 documentary film Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political (Pauline Julien, intime et politique).[8]

  1. ^ "La Renarde, sur les traces de Pauline Julien»: Repayser les dépaysés". 9 June 2018.
  2. ^ "LA RENARDE, SUR LES TRACES DE PAULINE JULIEN / Au Théâtre Outremont le 21 février – l'Initiative". 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Pauline Julien". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ Herstory 2012. Coteau Books. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-55050-454-5.
  5. ^ Paul Helmer (22 June 2014). Growing with Canada: The ƒmigrŽ Tradition in Canadian Music. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-7735-7624-7.
  6. ^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1968). Rapport Annuel - Société Radio-Canada. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. p. 34.
  7. ^ France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. A–D. 1. ABC-CLIO. 2005. pp. 633–634. ISBN 978-1-85109-411-0.
  8. ^ Éric Moreault, "«Pauline Julien, intime et politique»: portrait d’une insoumise". Le Soleil, September 20, 2018.