A mural in honor of Janette Bertrand was unveiled Thursday, in the Ville-Marie district, at the corner of Ontario and Montgomery streets, not far from the place where the writer and screenwriter was born almost 100 years ago. years.
Created in earthenware mosaic by urban art creator Laurent Gascon, the mural is a project of the Society for the Promotion of Gigantic Arts (SPAG), which, in the past, has similarly honored Yvon Deschamps, Gilles Vigneault, Marjo, Raymond Lévesque and Pauline Julien, among others.
Janette Bertrand will be 100 years old on March 25, 2025. To highlight her exceptional contribution to Quebec society, several events will be organized under the honorary presidency of Madeleine Careau, former CEO of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to the creation of this mural, on October 23, A hundred years of love. Thoughts on old agewhich is intended as a sequel to his popular autobiography My life in three actspublished in 2004.
The first Janette-Bertrand Literary Prize will also be awarded during the next Montreal Book Fair at the end of November. This new award “aims to highlight authors from Quebec or the Canadian Francophonie who share the same values and the same commitment to a more just and egalitarian society.”
Finally, the room Janettewritten by Rébecca Déraspe in collaboration with Mme Bertrand, will take the stage at the Duceppe theater on April 9, 2025. This creation is intended to be a dialogue between the woman of letters, played on stage by Guylaine Tremblay, and several generations of characters.