Hours (Essential Translations Series) - Softcover

Ouellette, Fernand

9781550718287: Hours (Essential Translations Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550718282 ISBN 13: 9781550718287

Publisher: Guernica Editions, 2014

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From the Inside Flap:

First published in 1988, Les heures marks a turning point in Fernand Ouellette's poetics while at the same time marking a memorable date in Quebec literature. Sparked by the death of his father, Les heures was written in a month, a feverish period of work that produced 81 poems to match the age of his father upon his death. The book has been described as an attempt to take back death, to hold it at bay through poetry.

About the Author:

Born in Montreal, Fernand Ouellette is a prolific writer, with works translated in over a dozen languages. His awards include: the Prix France-Qubec; three Governor's General Awards; the Prix France-Canada; the Prix Athanase-David; and the Prix Alain-Grandbois. He is an honorary member of the Union des crivains du Qubec as well as of the Socit littraire de Laval. In 2005, he was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Qubec. In 2008, his poetry earned him, in Paris, the Grand Prix international de posie de langue franaise Lopold Sdar Senghor, and in 2009, in Benin, the Grand Prix du Salon international des Potes francophones.

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