Pauline Julien, CQ was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist. Born in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec provincial MLA Gérald Godin, another Trifluvian and sovereigntist. She also worked with Gilles Vigneault and recorded with him. Julien performed pro-independence songs in Montréal clubs as early as 1964 and later made a career as one of Québec's most successful female popular singers.

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  • Pauline Julien, CQ was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist. Born in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec provincial MLA Gérald Godin, another Trifluvian and sovereigntist. She also worked with Gilles Vigneault and recorded with him. Julien performed pro-independence songs in Montréal clubs as early as 1964 and later made a career as one of Québec's most successful female popular singers. Julien's best-loved songs include "La Manic", the haunting ballad about love and separation in isolated Manicouagan, a river region of northern Québec near Labrador. In 1970, Julien and Godin were arrested during the October Crisis and were released 8 days later without charge. In 1994 France decorated her with the title Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Julien was made a Chevalière de l'Ordre national du Québec. Diagnosed with a debilitating brain disease, Julien took her own life in late September 1998 in Montreal.
  • Pauline Julien est une chanteuse, compositrice et actrice québécoise.
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  • Pauline Julien, CQ was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist. Born in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Julien was the companion of the poet and Québec provincial MLA Gérald Godin, another Trifluvian and sovereigntist. She also worked with Gilles Vigneault and recorded with him. Julien performed pro-independence songs in Montréal clubs as early as 1964 and later made a career as one of Québec's most successful female popular singers.
  • Pauline Julien est une chanteuse, compositrice et actrice québécoise.
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  • Pauline Julien
  • Pauline Julien
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