Linda Gaboriau is a Canadian dramaturg and literary translator who has translated some 100 plays and novels by Quebec writers, including many of the Quebec plays best known to English-speaking Canadian audiences. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States
A native of Boston, Linda Gaboriau moved to Montreal in 1963 to pursue education in French language and literature at McGill University. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people This article is a general introduction to French literature For detailed information on French literature in specific historic periods see the separate historical articles in the She worked as a freelance journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Montreal Gazette, pursued a career in Canadian and Quebec theatre and, in the 2000s, has been serving as the founding director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity is now the only English-language daily Newspaper published in Montreal, The contemporary Theatre scene in Canada revolves around companies and summer festivals based at facilities in Canadian cities Banff is the largest town in Banff National Park, in Alberta's Rockies, Canada.
Linda Gaboriau was married to Montreal city councillor Nick Auf der Maur, who died in 1998, and is the mother of rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur. Nick Auf der Maur ( April 10 1942 – April 7, 1998) was a journalist politician and "man about town" boulevardier in Montreal Melissa Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco - Swiss ancestry from Montreal, Quebec She lives in Montreal with Hervé de Fontenay, her partner of 28 years. They have one son, Yves de Fontenay, who is a young architect.
Works translated
A selected list of Linda Gaboriau's translations includes:
- 1983 — Saga of the Wet Hens (Jovette Marchessault, La Saga des poules mouillées)
- 1987 — Being at Home with Claude (René-Daniel Dubois, same title)
- 1989 — Warriors (Michel Garneau, Les guerriers)
- 1991 — Lilies (Michel Marc Bouchard, Les feluettes)
- 1992 — The Magnificent Voyage of Emily Carr (Jovette Marchessault, Le voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr)
- 1993 — The Eye Is an Eagle (Pierre Morency, L'Œil américain)
- 1993 — The Orphan Muses (Michel Marc Bouchard, Les muses orphelines)
- 1996 — American Notebooks (Marie-Claire Blais, Notes américaines/Parcours d’un écrivain)
- 1996 — Stone and Ashes (Daniel Danis, Cendres de cailloux)
- 1998 — That Woman (Daniel Danis, Celle-là)
- 1998 — The Tale of Teeka (Michel Marc Bouchard, L'histoire de l'oie)
- 1998 — Fragments of a Farewell Letter Read by Geologists (Normand Chaurette, Fragments d'une lettre d'adieu lus par des géologues)
- 1998 — The Queens (Normand Chaurette, Les Reines)
- 1998 — For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (Michel Tremblay, Encore une fois, si vous le permettez)
- 1999 — The Coronation Voyage (Michel Marc Bouchard, Le voyage du Couronnement)
- 1999 — Song of the Say-Sayer (Daniel Danis, La chant du Dire-Dire)
- 2000 — Down Dangerous Passes Road (Michel Marc Bouchard, Le chemin des Passes-dangereuses)
- 2000 — All the Verdis of Venice (Normand Chaurette, Je vous écris du Caire)
- 2002 — Impromptu on Nuns' Island (Michel Tremblay, L'État des lieux)
- 2003 — Scattered in a Rising Wind (Jean-Marc Dalpé, Un vent se lève qui éparpille)
- 2004 — Written on Water (Michel Marc Bouchard, Les manuscrits du déluge)
- 2004 — Past Perfect (Michel Tremblay, Le passé antérieur)
- 2006 — Assorted Candies (Michel Tremblay, Bonbons assortis)
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René-Daniel Dubois (born July 20 1955 in Montreal) is a Québécois playwright and actor best known for his 1985 play Being at Home Michel Marc Bouchard (born February 2, 1958) is an openly Gay Canadian Playwright. Les feluettes is a critically acclaimed play written by Gay Quebec Playwright Michel Marc Bouchard. Pierre Morency (born 1942 is a French Canadian writer poet and playwright Marie-Claire Blais CC, OQ (born 5 October 1939) is a Canadian author and playwright Michel Tremblay (born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 25, 1942) is a Novelist and playwright. Jean-Marc Dalpé (born 1957 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and poet Library and Archives Canada (in French: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a Canadian federal government department responsible for the collectionDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic