Henriette Major

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

Henriette Major (January 6, 1933 – November 17, 2006) was a Canadian writer living in Quebec.

She was born in Montreal and studied at the Institut pédagogique de Montréal. However, she soon discovered that she did not want to be a teacher. After becoming a mother, she began writing down stories that she told to her children so that she would remember them. She tried other occupations, including working as a researcher for radio and television, but finally decided to make a career of writing. Major wrote scripts for several television series, including {{Interlanguage link|La Boîte à surprise|fr}} and {{Interlanguage link|L'Évangile en papier|fr}} and two plays for Théâtre sans fil: Jeux de rêves and La couronne du destin. She published almost a thousand articles for various magazines, including Châtelaine and Maclean's,{{cite news |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/123155/les-enfants-du-quebec-sont-orphelins-d-henriette-major |title=Les enfants du Québec sont orphelins d'Henriette Major |newspaper=Le Devoir |date=November 18, 2006 |language=fr}} and about a hundred children's books in Quebec and France. In 1978, her television series {{Interlanguage link|Les boucaniers d'eau douce|fr}} received the Prix des émissions éducatives. From 1976 to 1990, she was director for the Pour lire series for {{Interlanguage link|Les Éditions Héritage|fr}}. Major also published several collections of songs: Chansons et rondes pour s'amuser, Chansons drôles, chansons folles, Chansons douces, chansons tendres and Le Tour du monde en chansons).{{cite web |url=http://www.communication-jeunesse.qc.ca/repertoires/createurs/fiches.php?id=53-56-3818 |title=Henriette Major |publisher=Communication-Jeunesse |language=fr}}

She died suddenly at home in Montreal at the age of 73.

The Prix littéraire Henriette-Major was created in her honour by the publishing house Dominique et Compagnie.{{cite news |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/livres/2006/11/17/008-deces-major.asp |title=Henriette Major nous quitte |publisher=Radio-Canada |date=November 17, 2006 |language=fr}}