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'''Jacques Brault''' (29 March 1933 – 20 October 2022) was 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''' (29 March 1933 – 20 October 2022)<ref>[https://journalmetro.com/culture/2931798/le-poete-jacques-brault-sest-eteint/ Le poète Jacques Brault s’est éteint] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> 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 [[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'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 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.<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>


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Revision as of 20:42, 21 October 2022

A portrait of Jacques Brault

Jacques Brault (29 March 1933 – 20 October 2022)[1] 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.[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

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Le poète Jacques Brault s’est éteint (in French)
  2. ^ 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

External links

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