{"id":5193,"date":"2019-10-02T16:38:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2019-10-07T11:44:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T15:44:34","slug":"remi-labrecque-awarded-the-2019-john-glassco-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/en\/remi-labrecque-awarded-the-2019-john-glassco-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e9mi Labrecque Awarded the 2019 John Glassco Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Literary Translators\u2019 Association of Canada (LTAC) announced the winner of the 35th John Glassco Literary Translation Prize on Saturday, September 21. R\u00e9mi Labrecque, from Saskatchewan, was chosen from over 10 entries for Mes souliers me font mourir<\/em>, his French translation of Montreal poet Robyn Sarah’s My Shoes Are Killing Me<\/em>, published by \u00c9ditions du Noro\u00eet of Montreal.<\/p>\n

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The 2019 jury was comprised of Peter Feldstein (Chair), Phyllis Aronoff, Sauline Letendre and Ren\u00e9e Von Paschen, all LTAC members and distinguished literary translators. For his first book-length translation, this year\u2019s recipient of the John Glassco Prize, R\u00e9mi Labrecque, was awarded a one-year membership to LTAC and $1,000.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Labrecque\u2019s skillful and fluid translation distinguished itself from several close competitors by exhibiting a keen ear for the rhythm, rhyme, and intertextual references of the original English text.<\/p>\n

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About the winner: R\u00e9mi Labrecque is a Ph.D. candidate in creative writing at the Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke, a FSL teacher, a translator and a singer-songwriter. After studying the influence of postmodern American literature on the work of writer and translator Christophe Claro for his Masters thesis, R\u00e9mi turned to the French-language theatre of Saskatchewan to examine how French speakers from his native province are represented on stage and deal with alterity. He is currently working on a thesis that will include an essay on minority theatre and an autofiction monologue piece. R\u00e9mi\u2019s work has appeared in Moebius, Cahiers franco-canadiens de l’Ouest and Astheure.<\/p>\n

Photography by Vasilis Moshopoulos<\/p>\n

vasilimoshopoulos@gmail.com<\/p>\n

IG: @vasilim<\/p>\n<\/div>

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