Maya Cousineau Mollen (born 1975) is an Innu poet from Mingan, Quebec, Canada."Maya Cousineau Mollen – un modèle pour les jeunes Innus". Ma Côte-Nord, November 3, 2020. She is most noted for her poetry collection Enfants du lichen, which was the winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.Laila Maalouf, "Alain Farah remporte le Prix du Gouverneur général". La Presse, November 16, 2022.
Her debut poetry collection, Bréviaire du matricule 082, was published in 2019,"Lancement du recueil de poésie de l’autrice Maya Cousineau Mollen". Ici Radio-Canada Côte-Nord, September 23, 2019. and was the winner of the Indigenous Voices Award for French-language poetry in 2020."Jesse Thistle among winners of 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards for memoir From the Ashes". CBC Books, June 22, 2020.
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