Born in
Saint-Alexis on 22 September 1931, Mailhot studied at the Séminaire de Joliette. He earned a master's degree from the
Université de Montréal and a doctorate from the
University of Grenoble. He began teaching at the Université de Montréal in 1963. He was an editor at the journal
Études françaises from 1979 to 1987. Laurent Mailhot died in
Trois-Rivières on 4 January 2021 at the age of 89. ==Publications==