Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021), author known for “A Season in the Life of Emmanuel”
Marie-Claire Blais was an acclaimed French-Canadian author known for books including “Une Saison Dans la Vie d’Emmanuel” (“A Season in the Life of Emmanuel”)Blais published her first novel when she was only 20, in 1959. “Le Belle Bête” (“The Beautiful Beast”) established her reputation as a writer, and she followed it with more than 50 other books over a long and celebrated career.