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Poetry Canadian

Nocturnes

Winner of the 2013 Trillium Award in French

by (author) Paul Savoie

translated by Jacques Lefebvre

Publisher
Bookland Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2014
Category
Canadian, General, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926956886
    Publish Date
    Oct 2014
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

Inspired by music, this poetry collection is composed of assonances, rhythms, musical phrases, and improvisations that outline the beginning and the end of everything that matters. Paul Savoie delves into the different dimensions of music that enable him to pierce the gray or to go through crystal, two of the pathways that give shape to his imaginary world.

About the authors

PAUL SAVOIE is one the most prolific Canadian authors, writing in both French and English. Originally from Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, he has lived in Ontario since the early 1970s. He has written more than 30 books, including several collections of poetry, stories, and translations. His poetry books won the Trillium Book Award twice. Involved in the arts community for more than 25 years, Savoie also composes music for piano. He has worked for the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canadian Television Fund. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
DONALD WINKLER was born in Winnipeg, graduated from the University of Manitoba, and as a Woodrow Wilson Scholar, did graduate study at the Yale School of Drama. From 1967 to 1995 he was a film director and writer at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal, and since the 1980s, a translator of Quebec literature. In 1994, 2011, and 2013 he won the Governor General Award for French to English translation, and has been a finalist for the prize on two other occasions. He lives in Montreal.

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Jacques Lefebvre is a bilingual French-English writer and translator. He grew up in Montreal and moved to Toronto with his parents at the age of 11. He has been writing marketing materials and translating technical and corporate documents from English to French and from French to English for many major Canadian, US, and international organizations for the last 14 years. His short stories have been published in many magazines and newspapers in English and French. Jacques is currently working on two fiction novels in English and one collection of short stories in French.

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