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'''Jacques Brault''' (born 29 March 1933) is a [[French Canadian]] poet and translator who 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 [[University of Paris|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 [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]].▼
▲'''Jacques Brault''' (
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.<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/writers/027005-7000-e.html ''Canadian Writers''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502230632/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/writers/027005-7000-e.html |date=2 May 2007 }}, an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada</ref>▼
▲Jacques Brault's extensive body of writings includes
Brault died on 20 October 2022, at the age of 89.<ref>[https://journalmetro.com/culture/2931798/le-poete-jacques-brault-sest-eteint/ Le poète Jacques Brault s’est éteint] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==Works==
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==Accolades==
*[[Québec-Paris award]], for ''Mé'', in 1968
*[[Governor General's Award]]
**for ''Quand nous serons heureux'', in 1970
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721193258/http://auteurs.contemporain.info/jacques-brault/ Critical bibliography on Jacques Brault's works (Auteurs.contemporain.info)] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110608072344/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000966 Jacques Brault's] entry in [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3671506&lang=eng Fonds Jacques Bault (R11714)] at [[Library and Archives Canada]]
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Jacques Brault (29 March 1933 – 20 October 2022) was a French Canadian poet and translator who lived 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 works 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.[1]
Brault died on 20 October 2022, at the age of 89.[2]
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 des 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 collection of poems Transfiguration by E.D Blodgett, in 1999
- Prix Alain-Grandbois, for Il n'y a plus de chemin, in 1991
- Ludger-Duvernay Prize (1978)
- Prix Athanase-David (1986)
- Prix Gilles-Corbeil (1996)
See also
References
- "Jacques Brault" in Canadian Writers, an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada
Footnotes
- ^ Canadian Writers Archived 2 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada
- ^ Le poète Jacques Brault s’est éteint (in French)
External links
- Critical bibliography on Jacques Brault's works (Auteurs.contemporain.info) (in French)
- Jacques Brault's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- (in French) Fonds Jacques Bault (R11714) at Library and Archives Canada
- Jacques Brault discography at Discogs
- 1933 births
- 2022 deaths
- University of Poitiers alumni
- University of Paris alumni
- Academic staff of the Université de Montréal
- People from Cowansville
- Canadian poets in French
- Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers
- Governor General's Award-winning translators
- Prix Alain-Grandbois
- Prix Athanase-David winners
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian male poets
- 20th-century Canadian translators
- Writers from Quebec
- Canadian expatriates in France
- Canadian male translators