Pat Lowther Memorial Award
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1986) Winner
Erín Moure
エリン・ムーレ
Erin Moure
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1955-04-17 （Calgary, Alberta）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English, French, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian
- Residence History
- Calgary, Alberta → Vancouver, British Columbia → Montreal, Quebec
Career
- Occupations
- poet, translator, writer
- Active Years
- 1979-2024
- Nominations
- Griffin Prize finalist (three times), Best Translated Book Award finalist (three times, USA)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of British Columbia | Philosophy | Philosophy | — | 1975 (1年間) | Canada |
University of British Columbia
Philosophy
/ Philosophy
Period:
1975 (1年間)
Country:
Canada
Attended second-year philosophy classes for one year then left
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Governor General's Award for English-language poetry | Furious | poetry | Government of Canada | winner |
| 1985 | Pat Lowther Memorial Award | Domestic Fuel | — | — | winner |
| 1989 | A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry | WSW | — | — | winner |
| 2005 | A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry | Little Theatres | — | — | winner |
| 2021 | Governor General's Award for French to English translation | This Radiant Life | translation | Government of Canada | winner |
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
1988
Work:
Furious
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
winner
Pat Lowther Memorial Award
1985
Work:
Domestic Fuel
Result:
winner
A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
1989
Work:
WSW
Result:
winner
A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
2005
Work:
Little Theatres
Result:
winner
Governor General's Award for French to English translation
2021
Work:
This Radiant Life
Category:
translation
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Governor General's Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 86 (2021) WinnerWork: This Radiant Life
An English translation of Chantal Neveu’s long poem, moving through science, art, revolution, and the spaces between things to ask what it means to live together.
This long poem asks readers to let go of individuality in favor of mutuality.
225 pagestranslationpoetrytimecollectivity
Works
Major Works
Furious
1988 PoetryInfluential poetry collection.
philosophyeveryday life
WSW
1989 PoetryNotable poetry collection.
deconstruction
The Elements
2019 PoetryRecent poetry collection.
naturephilosophy
Bibliography
- Empire, York Street (1979)
- The Whisky Vigil (1981)
- Wanted Alive (1983)
- Domestic Fuel (1985)
- Furious (1988)
- WSW (1989)
- Sheepish Beauty, Civilian Love (1992)
- The Green Word: Selected Poems: 1973–1992 (1994)
- Search Procedures (1996)
- A Frame of the Book (1999)
- Pillage Laud (1999)
- O Cidadán (2002)
- Little Theatres (2005)
- O Cadoiro (2007)
- Expeditions of a Chimæra (2009)
- O Resplandor (2010)
- The Unmemntioable (2012)
- Insecession (2014)
- Kapusta (2015)
- The Elements (2019)
Translations by Author
- Installations (Nicole Brossard, 2000)
- Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person (Fernando Pessoa, 2001)
- Museum of Bone and Water (Nicole Brossard, 2003)
- Notebook of Roses and Civilization (Nicole Brossard, 2007)
- Charenton (Chus Pato, 2007)
- White Piano (Nicole Brossard, 2013)
- This Radiant Life (Chantal Neveu, 2020)
Translations of Works
- Translations into German, Galician, and French exist.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fragmentedmeta-criticaldeconstructivephilosophical
- Recurring Motifs
- everyday eventsphilosophical dilemmasmystery
Legacy
Prominent Canadian poet and translator, winner of Governor General’s Award twice.
Archives
- Library and Archives Canada (Erin Mouré fonds, R11781)
Trivia
- Mother born in western Ukraine in 1924, emigrated to Canada in 1929.
- Father born in Ottawa in 1925, great-grandson of painter George Théodore Berthon.
- Learned French while working at Via Rail Canada.