Scott Moncrieff Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1971) Winner
Maria Jolas
マリア・ジョラス
Maria Jolas
Aliases:
Maria McDonald
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1893-01-12 （Louisville, Kentucky）
- Died
- 1987-03-04 （Paris, France） age 94
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, French
- Residence History
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA (birthplace) → Paris, France (primary residence)
Career
- Occupations
- translator, pacifist, literary magazine co-founder
- Active Years
- 1927-1987
- Affiliations
- Chair of Paris American Committee to Stop-War (PACS)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Translations by Author
- English translation of Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space
Legacy
American translator and pacifist who co-founded the avant-garde literary magazine transition in Paris with her husband Eugene Jolas. Active in anti-Vietnam War efforts as chair of the Paris American Committee to Stop-War from 1965. Translated works including Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space.
Archives
- Eugène and Maria Jolas Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
- Eugène and Maria Jolas Papers: Addition, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Trivia
- Co-founded the literary journal transition in 1927 with her husband Eugene Jolas
- Mother of composer Betsy Jolas
- Chaired the Paris American Committee to Stop-War (PACS), founded in 1965 and banned by the French government in 1968