Laurent Mailhot | |
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Born | 22 September 1931 |
Died | 4 January 2021 Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada | (aged 89)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Historian Writer |
Laurent Mailhot (22 September 1931 – 4 January 2021) was a Canadian historian, writer, professor, essayist, and literary critic.
Born in Saint-Alexis on 22 September 1931, Mailhot studied at the Séminaire de Joliette.[1] He earned a master's degree from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate from the University of Grenoble. He began teaching at the Université de Montréal in 1963.[2] He was an editor at the journal Études françaises from 1979 to 1987.[3]
Laurent Mailhot died in Trois-Rivières on 4 January 2021 at the age of 89.[4]