Lori Saint-Martin Explained

Lori Saint-Martin
Birth Date:20 November 1959
Birth Place:Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Death Date:22 October 2022 (aged 62)
Death Place:Paris, France
Spouse:Paul Gagné
Occupation:Author, literary translator
Awards:Acfas Andre-Laurendeau Award (2013)
Governor General's Literary Awards (2000)
Governor General's Award for English to French translation (2018)

Lori Saint-Martin (– 22 October 2022) was a Canadian author and literary translator.[1] [2] Her first novel, Les Portes closes, came out in 2013.[3] Working with her husband Paul Gagné, she translated over seventy English language books into French, including the works of such authors as Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, and Naomi Klein.

Saint-Martin died on 22 October 2022, at the age of 62.[4]

Education

Saint-Martin attended the University of Waterloo for her undergraduate education where she graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in 1980 and received the Alumni Gold Medal.[5] She graduated from Université Laval in with her doctorate in 1988 on Québecois women's literature, entitled Malaise et révolte des femmes dans la littérature québécoise depuis 1945.[6]

Works

Saint-Martin taught literature at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM).[7] As a specialist of women's studies and Quebec literature, she published several scholarly works on these subjects.[8] [9] As an author, she has published three short story collections and a novel.[10]

Fiction:

Non-Fiction:

Selected translations (with Paul Gagné):

Awards and recognition

Paul Gagné and Lori Saint-Martin have been jointly awarded several translation prizes throughout their career. These include the John Glassco Translation Prize in 1993, the QWF Translation Prize in 2004, 2006 and 2008 and the Governor General's Award in 2000, 2007 and 2015. They have also been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award an additional twelve times.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LTAC Profile: Lori Saint-Martin. Literary Translators' Association of Canada. Literary Translators' Association of Canada. 2015-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20151126101502/http://attlc-ltac.org/fr/node/328. 2015-11-26. dead.
  2. Web site: Read Great Books: Solomon Gursky. Canada Council for the Arts. Canada Council for the Arts. 2015-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20151126100947/http://ggbooks.ca/books/translation/french/solomon-gursky. 2015-11-26. dead.
  3. Web site: Lori Saint-Martin : double "je". Marie-Christine Blais. 25 May 2013. La Presse. 2015-11-25.
  4. News: L'écrivaine et traductrice Lori Saint-Martin est décédée . 22 October 2022 . Le Devoir . 22 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Past Alumni Gold Medal winners . 26 June 2024 . University of Waterloo . 2022.
  6. Saint-Martin . Lori . 1988 . Malaise et révolte des femmes dans la littérature québécoise depuis 1945 . PhD . Université Laval . 1131384534 . 26 June 2024.
  7. Web site: Département d'études litéraires: Lori Saint-Martin . . Université du Québec à Montréal. 2015-11-25.
  8. Web site: Search results, York University Libraries . York University Libraries. York University Libraries. 2015-11-25.
  9. Web site: Search results, Amicus Catalogue . . 2015-12-16.
  10. Web site: Raconte-moi un auteur: Lori Saint-Martin et Paul Gagné . Chantale Cusson. 3 November 2015 . L'actualité. 2015-11-25.
  11. Web site: Past Recipients . Canada Council for the Arts. Canada Council for the Arts. 2015-11-25.

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