Antonine Maillet, Acadian Avenger
"I have avenged my ancestors," said author Antonine Maillet in 1979 with the publication of her book Pélagie-la-Charrette. Maillet broke new ground and became the voice of disenfranchised Acadians. She would tell the sad tale of the Acadian expulsion in the 18th century. She would also write about mothers, a washerwoman named la Sagouine, bootleggers, fishermen, dreamers -- struggling to exist alongside the English majority. CBC Archives explores the career of Acadian author Antonine Maillet.