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Pierre Anctil

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Pierre Anctil

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-07-27 （Québec City）
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French, English, Yiddish
Residence History
Québec City → Montreal → Ottawa → New York City

Career

Occupations
Historian, Professor, Translator
Active Years
1980-
Affiliations
University of Ottawa, Department of History, UQAM
Memberships
Royal Society of Canada

Education

New School for Social Research
Social Sciences / Social Anthropology
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Period: 1970年代-1980
Year of Graduation: 1980
Country: United States
PhD in social anthropology

Awards

Governor General's Literary Awards
2018
Work: Histoire des Juifs du Québec
Category: Essais (Shortlisted)
Result: Shortlisted
Governor General's Literary Awards
2018
Work: Jacob Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu
Category: Translation (Shortlisted)
Result: Shortlisted
Canadian Jewish Literary Award
2018
Work: Histoire des Juifs du Québec
Category: History
Result: Winner
Rosa and David Finestone Award
2018
Work: Histoire des Juifs du Québec
Organization: Montreal Jewish Public Library
Result: Winner
Louis Rosenberg Distinguished Service Award
2015
Organization: Association for Canadian Jewish Studies
Result: Winner
Canada Prize in the Humanities
2014
Work: Jacob-Isaac Segal (1896-1954). Un poète yiddish de Montréal et son milieu
Organization: Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Result: Winner
Canadian Jewish Book Award
2013
Work: Jacob-Isaac Segal (1896-1954). Un poète Yiddish de Montréal et son milieu
Category: Yiddish section
Result: Winner
Luc Lacourcière Medal
2013
Work: Jacob-Isaac Segal (1896-1954). Un poète Yiddish de Montréal et son milieu
Organization: Laval University CELAT
Result: Winner
Jacob-Isaac Segal Award
2012
Work: Trajectoires juives au Québec
Category: Shulamis Yelin French Literature Award on a Jewish Theme
Organization: Jewish Public Library of Montreal
Result: Winner
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
2012
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: Elected
Jacob-Isaac Segal Award
2008
Work: Nostalgie et tristesse
Organization: Jewish Public Library of Montreal
Result: Winner
Canadian Jewish Book Award
2003
Work: Le Montréal juif entre les deux guerres
Category: Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Award in Yiddish Translation
Result: Winner
Jacob-Isaac Segal Award
2002
Work: L'Empire de Kalman l'infirme
Organization: Jewish Public Library of Montreal
Result: Winner
Ezekiel Hart Award
1998
Organization: Canadian Jewish Congress
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Histoire des Juifs du Québec

2017 History

History of Jews in Quebec.

Jewish communityImmigration history

Jacob-Isaac Segal (1896-1954). A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu

2012 Biography

Biography of Montreal Yiddish poet Jacob-Isaac Segal.

Yiddish literatureMontreal
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Le rendez-vous manqué. Les Juifs de Montréal face au Québec de l’entre-deux-guerres (1988)
  • An Everyday Miracle, Yiddish Culture in Montreal (1990)
  • Jacob-Isaac Segal, Yidishe lider / Poèmes Yiddish (1992)
  • Le Montréal juif d'autrefois (1997)
  • Tur Malka. Flâneries sur les cimes de l’histoire juive montréalaise (1998)
  • Di Poale-Zion bavegung in Kanade / Le mouvement ouvrier juif au Canada (1999)
  • Mayn lebns rayze. Un demi-siècle de vie Yiddish à Montréal (2000)
  • Juifs et Canadiens français dans la société québécoise (2000)
  • Le Montréal juif entre les deux guerres (2001)
  • Through the Eyes of the Eagle (2001)
  • L’empire de Kalman l’infirme (2002)
  • Saint-Laurent, la Main de Montréal (2002)
  • Cent ans de littérature Yiddish et hébraïque au Canada (2005)
  • Nostalgie et tristesse (2006)
  • New Readings of Yiddish Montreal (2007)
  • Trajectoires juives au Québec (2010)
  • Fais ce que dois (2010)
  • Les communautés juives de Montréal (2011)
  • Religion, Culture, and the State (2011)
  • Jacob-Isaac Segal (1896-1956) (2012)
  • Soyons nos maîtres (2013)
  • À chacun ses Juifs (2014)
  • Les Juifs de Québec (2015)
  • Do What You Must (2016)
  • Jacob-Isaac Segal, a Montreal Yiddish Poet (2017)

Translations by Author

  • Translated a dozen Yiddish books into French

Translations of Works

  • English translations of his works

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ScholarlyTranslation-focused
Recurring Motifs
Jewish historyYiddish cultureImmigration

Legacy

Canadian historian specializing in Montreal's Jewish community, Yiddish literature, and Canadian immigration history.

Trivia

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • Received multiple awards for Yiddish-to-French translations