Rolande Allard-Lacerte (17 July 1929 – 18 May 2018) was a Quebec journalist and writer.

She was born in Saint-Évariste. She began her career in journalism as a contributor to L'Écho de Frontenac. From 1950 to 1958, she worked for La Tribune in Sherbrooke as music critic, editorial writer and editor for the women's pages. In 1961, she began working at Le Devoir. She also worked as a script writer for Chez Miville, a radio program at Radio Canada and was a contributor to Le Monde and other publications such as Perspectives, L'Agora, Critère, Madame au foyer, L'Actualité, Châtelaine and L'Humeur. From 1988 to 1990, she was president of the Cercle des femmes journalistes.

Rolande Allard-Lacerte

She published the children's books Les aventures de Kilucru, L'étoile chance and Le soleil des profondeurs, as well as the collections La chanson de Rolande, La bonne année and Poètes du Québec.

Rolande Allard-Lacerte

Allard-Lacerte was awarded the Prix Maxine in 1965 by l’Association des bibliothécaires de langue française, the Prix Marie-Lemelin in 1967 by la Société des Poètes -français, the Prix Juge-Lemay in 1969 by the Sherbrooke Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, the Prix Athanase-David in 1970 and the Prix Judith-Jasmin in 1984.

Rolande Allard-Lacerte

She died on 18 May 2018 at the age of 88.

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1929 births

2018 deaths

French Quebecers

20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers

20th-century Canadian women writers

Canadian children's writers in French

Canadian magazine writers

Canadian radio writers

Women radio writers

Canadian women children's writers

Canadian women journalists

Journalists from Quebec

People from Chaudière-Appalaches

Writers from Quebec

Canadian women non-fiction writers