Jacques Brault

Jacques Brault (29 March 1933 – 20 October 2022) was a French Canadian poet and translator who lived in Cowansville, Quebec, Canada. He was born to a poor family, but received an excellent education at the Université de Montréal and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He became a professor at the Université de Montréal, in the Département d'études françaises and the Institut des sciences médiévales, and made frequent appearances as a cultural commentator on Radio-Canada.

Jacques Brault's writings include plays, novels and works of short fiction, translations and several works of Canadian literary criticism. However, it is primarily for his work as a poet that Jacques Brault is known outside of Canada.

Brault died on 20 October 2022, at the age of 89.

Works Mémoire – 1965 Allain Grandbois: poètes d'aujourd'hui — 1968 La poésie ce matin — 1971 Trois partitions — 1972 L'en dessous l'admirable — 1975 (translated into English as Within the Mystery) Poèmes des quatre côtes — 1975 Agonie — 1984 Moments fragiles — 1984 (translated into English as Fragile Moments) Poèmes — 1986 La poussière du chemin — 1989 Il n'y a plus de chemin — 1990 (translated into English as On the Road No More) Lac noire Ô saisons, ô châteaux — 1991 Au petit matin — 1993 Chemin faisan — 1995 Au fonds du jardin — accompagnements — 1996 Au bras des ombres — 1997

Accolades Québec-Paris award, for Mé, in 1968 Governor General's Award for Quand nous serons heureux, in 1970 for Agonie, in 1985 for his translation of the collection of poems Transfiguration by E. D. Blodgett, in 1999 Prix Alain-Grandbois, for Il n'y a plus de chemin, in 1991 Ludger-Duvernay Prize (1978) Prix Athanase-David (1986) Prix Gilles-Corbeil (1996)