Yves Thériault

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Yves Thériault OC (born November 27, 1915 in Québec , Canada , † October 20, 1983 in Rawdon ) was a Canadian author and one of the most famous and productive novelists , storytellers and playwrights in Québec. He wrote in French in Quebec .

Life

Thériault grew up in the city of Quebec. He worked as a trapper , truck driver, radio announcer and journalist and for the National Film Board of Canada in Ottawa. In 1944 he published his first novel and was a member of the PEN in Canada.

As one of the first authors, he set a monument to the minorities of Canada in his literary work:

  • the Jews in Aaron (1954)
  • the Indians in Ashini (1960)
  • the Eskimos in the trilogy Agakuk (1958), Tayaout, fils d'Agakuk (1969) and Agoak, l'héritage d'Agakuk (1975).

Agakuk was filmed in an elaborate production.

Thériault was a member of the Canadian Authors Association CAA, the International PEN Club , the Syndicat national des Écrivains de France , the Société des Gens de Lettres (Paris), the Société des écrivains canadiens and the Société des auteurs Dramatiques .

Honors

In 1975 he became "for being one of the most prolific writers and best-known novelists in Canada" officer of the Order of Canada .

He also received the “Prix France-Canada” and the Governor General's Award for Fiction .

Works (selection)

  • Contes pour un homme seul. 1944. Twelve short stories
    • Einzelerz., Übers. Christina Kniebusch: The animal in the stomach, in: Gute Wander , mein Bruder. St. Benno Verlag , 1986 (Bête-de-ventre)
    • Einzelerz., Übers. Walter E. Riedel: Gottes Qual, in: Canadian storytellers of the present. Manesse Verlag , 1967, pp. 171 - 180 (L'angoisse de Dieu)
    • Single ore, transl.: Jeanette. Ibid. P. 163 - 170 (La Jeanette) (about the honor killing of a father of his illegitimate pregnant daughter, at the same time his suicide)
    • Einzelerz., Ders. Übers .: The sounding flower, in: Modern storytellers of the world. Canada. Ed. Riedel. Edition Erdmann , 1976, pp. 87-92; again in: Canada told. Ed. Stefana Sabrin. Fischer TB 10930, Frankfurt 1992, pp. 129 - 134 ( La fleur qui faisait un son, from Contes ... )
  • Ashini. Roman, 1960
  • La Fille laide. Roman, 1950
  • Le Dompteur d'ours. Roman, 1951
  • Les Vendeurs du temple. Roman, 1951
  • Aaron. Roman, 1954
  • Agakuk . Roman, 1958
    • Translator Madelaine Jean: Agaguk. Eskimo marriage novel. Herbig, Berlin-Grunewald 1960. Multiple new editions; slightly abbreviated in: Reader's Digest Selection Books, 396, 1996, pp. 422-582
    • this. Translator: Agaguk. Vorw. Ernst Bartsch. Nachw. Heinz Israel. Reclam, Leipzig 1979
    • this. Translator: At the top of the earth. Novel about the life and adventures of the Eskimos. Bastei-Lübbe , Bergisch Gladbach 1999
  • Tayaout, fils d'Agakuk. Novel, 1969
  • La Rose de pierre, Histoires d'Amour. Stories, 1964
    • Einzelerz., Übers. Thorgerd Schücker: Das Wolltuch, in: Die wide Reise: Canadian stories and short stories. Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1974, pp. 212 - 228 (La fichu de laine)
  • Agoak, l'heritage d'Agakuk. Roman, 1975
  • Moi, Pierre Huneau. Story, 1976
  • Übers. Bernhard Thieme: The Terrorist. Short story, in: Journey to Canada. Stories for hand luggage . Unionsverlag, Zurich 2010; first in explorations . Verlag Volk und Welt , Berlin 1986 (Le terroriste; Canadian first edition in the magazine "Digeste-Éclair", Distributions Éclaire, Montréal 1981)
  • L'Herbe de tendresse, récits . Stories. VLB éditeur, Montréal 1983

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Order of Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Figures from a place in the country, which appear repeatedly in the stories.
  3. ↑ Regarded by the author as the 3rd volume of a "cycle amérinburg", that is, his ore on the First Nations , according to 1. Agakuk and 2. Ashini. The individual stories
personal data
SURNAME Thériault, Yves
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian author
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Quebec , Canada
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1983
Place of death Rawdon