Journal
Published on 27. January 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-77086-726-0 (ISBN)
Description
"... gripping and beautifully written. A work of art imbued with desire, loneliness, sadness, suffering but, above all, an ode to life." - Lettres quebecoises
Written shortly before her death from bone cancer at the age of twenty-six, Marie Uguay's Journal weaves together prose and poetry to chronicle her philosophical questioning and her erotic longing for an impossible love. Despite the surgical changes imposed on her body and her mounting loneliness, Uguay's work evokes a lust for life and a passionate pursuit of artistic ambition. Journal, edited by Stephan Kovacs and translated by Jennifer Moxley, demonstrates both the maturity of Uguay's voice and the raw emotions in her writing process, cementing her place in the Quebecois literary scene.
Written shortly before her death from bone cancer at the age of twenty-six, Marie Uguay's Journal weaves together prose and poetry to chronicle her philosophical questioning and her erotic longing for an impossible love. Despite the surgical changes imposed on her body and her mounting loneliness, Uguay's work evokes a lust for life and a passionate pursuit of artistic ambition. Journal, edited by Stephan Kovacs and translated by Jennifer Moxley, demonstrates both the maturity of Uguay's voice and the raw emotions in her writing process, cementing her place in the Quebecois literary scene.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77086-726-0 (9781770867260)
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Born in Montreal in 1955, Marie Uguay died of cancer in 1981 at the age of twenty-six. Her brief but dazzling career ensured her a special place in Quebec poetry. Between her first poems, in the early 1970s, and her death in 1981, she wrote three collections: Signe et rumeur, L'outre vie, and Autoportraits. Poet, essayist, and translator Jennifer Moxley is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Druthers. Her book The Open Secret was awarded the Poetry Society of America's William Carlos Williams award and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts award. Her books of essays include For the Good of All Do Not Destroy the Birds and There Are Things We Live Among: Essays on the Object World.
Moxley has translated several books from the French, including Anne Portugal's Absolute bob, Jacqueline Risset's Sleep's Powers, and The Translation Begins. In addition, she wrote the introduction for the volume Nicole Brossard: Selections, edited by Pierre Joris and Jerome Rothenberg. She has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships (U.S.).
Moxley teaches creative writing, poetics, and translation at the University of Maine.
Moxley has translated several books from the French, including Anne Portugal's Absolute bob, Jacqueline Risset's Sleep's Powers, and The Translation Begins. In addition, she wrote the introduction for the volume Nicole Brossard: Selections, edited by Pierre Joris and Jerome Rothenberg. She has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships (U.S.).
Moxley teaches creative writing, poetics, and translation at the University of Maine.