Studies in Joy - by Louise Dupré (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The third volume of a tryptic, following Beyond the Flames and The Haunted Hand, Studies in Joy, like its predecessors, explores the prospects of the poetic in a world rife with violence and terror, now drawing on her vision of joy for succour and resistance. It is a solemn joy, whose evocation makes demands on the poet as she charts its progress through her life's journey, from childhood to adulthood, and to the brink of her own disappearance, all in fluid prose and verse. Studies in Joy marks the culmination of a remarkable poetic saga.

About the Author

Born in 1949 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Louise Dupré is a prolific and influential member of Quebec's vibrant literary scene whose work is becoming increasingly well-known outside Quebec. Both a writer and an educator, Louise has received numerous prizes, distinctions and literary honours, notably her appointment to the Order of Canada in December, 2014, and the 2011 Governor General's award for her poetry collection Plus haut que les flammes (translated as Beyond The Flames (Guernica, 2014). Primarily a poet, she also writes fiction, theory and plays.

Donald Winkler was born in Winnipeg in 1940, graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1961, and as a Woodrow Wilson Scholar, did graduate study at the Yale School of Drama. From 1967 to 1995 he was a film director and writer at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal, and since the 1980s, a translator of Quebec literature: in 1994, 2011, and 2013 he won the Governor General's Award for French to English translation, and has been a finalist for the prize on three other occasions.