Jacques Brault

Jacques Brault (born March 29, 1933) is a French Canadian poet and translator who currently lives in Cowansville, Quebec, Canada. He was born to a poor family, but received an excellent education at the Université de Montréal and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He became a professor at the Université de Montréal, in the Département d'études françaises and the Institut des sciences médiévales, and made frequent appearances as a cultural commentator on Radio-Canada.

Jacques Brault's extensive body of writings includes work of outstanding merit in most literary genres. He is the author of plays, novels and works of short fiction, translations and several seminal works of Canadian literary criticism. However, it is primarily for his work as a poet that Jacques Brault is admired by readers and known outside of Canada. [ [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/writers/027005-7000-e.html "Canadian Writers"] , an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada]

Works

*"Mémoire" — 1965
*"Allain Grandbois: poètes d'aujourd'hui" — 1968
*"La poésie ce matin" — 1971
*"Trois partitions" — 1972
*"L'en dessous l'admirable" — 1975 (translated into English as "Within the Mystery")
*"Poèmes des quatre côtes" — 1975
*"Agonie" — 1984
*"Moments fragiles" — 1984 (translated into English as "Fragile Moments")
*"Poèmes" — 1986
*"La poussière du chemin" — 1989
*"Il n'y a plus de chemin" — 1990 (translated into English as "On the Road No More")
*"Lac noire"
*"Ô saisons, ô châteaux" — 1991
*"Au petit matin" — 1993
*"Chemin faisan" — 1995
*"Au fonds du jardin — accompagnements" — 1996
*"Au bras de ombres" — 1997

Accolades

*Québec-Paris award, for "Mé', in 1968
*Governor General's Award
**for "Quand nous serons heureux", in 1970
**for "Agonie", in 1985
**for his translation of the novel "Transfiguration" by E.D Blodgett, in 1999
*Alain Grandbois award, for "Il n'y a plus de chemin", in 1991
*Ludger Duvernay award (1978)
*Athanase David award (1986)
*Gilles-Corbeil award (1996)

ee also

* List of French Canadian writers
* List of Quebec authors

References

* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/writers/027005-7000-e.html "Jacques Brault" in "Canadian Writers"] , an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada

Footnotes

External links

* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/jacques-brault/ Critical bibliography on Jacques Brault's works (Auteurs.contemporain.info)] fr icon
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000966 Jacques Brault's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]