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{{Short description|French Canadian poet and translator (1933–2022)}}
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'''Jacques Brault''' (born March 29, 1933) is a [[French Canadian]] [[poet]] and [[Translation|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]].
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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 [[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]].
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Jacques Brault's extensive body of writings includes work of outstanding merit in most literary [[genre]]s. He is the author of [[Play (theatre)|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''], an examination of archival manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, journals and notebooks at Library and Archives Canada</ref>

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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>

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==
==Works==
*''Mémoire'' &mdash; 1965
*''Mémoire'' – 1965
*''Allain Grandbois: poètes d'aujourd'hui'' &mdash; 1968
*''Allain Grandbois: poètes d'aujourd'hui'' &mdash; 1968
*''La poésie ce matin'' &mdash; 1971
*''La poésie ce matin'' &mdash; 1971
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==Accolades==
==Accolades==
*[[Québec-Paris award]], for ''Mé', in 1968
*[[Québec-Paris award]], for ''Mé'', in 1968
*[[Governor General's Award]]
*[[Governor General's Award]]
**for ''Quand nous serons heureux'', in 1970
**for ''Quand nous serons heureux'', in 1970
**for ''Agonie'', in 1985
**for ''Agonie'', in 1985
**for his translation of the novel ''Transfiguration'' by [[E.D Blodgett]], in 1999
**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
*[[Prix Alain-Grandbois]], for ''Il n'y a plus de chemin'', in 1991
*[[Prix Ludger-Duvernay]] (1978)
*[[Ludger-Duvernay Prize]] (1978)
*[[Prix Athanase-David]] (1986)
*[[Prix Athanase-David]] (1986)
*[[Prix Gilles-Corbeil]] (1996)
*[[Prix Gilles-Corbeil]] (1996)
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==References==
==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
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070502230632/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==
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
<references />


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


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Revision as of 17:10, 21 April 2024

Jacques Brault
Born29 March 1933 Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (2017) Edit this on Wikidata

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

See also

References

Footnotes

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

External links

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