An Evening with Carole David and Daphne Marlatt
About this Event
Legendary poets Carole David (Montreal) and Daphne Marlatt (Vancouver), long-time residents of their respective cities, read from their work. East meets West, French and English, the readings will be followed by a moderated conversation with hosts Stephen Collis and Annie Lafleur.
Speaker Bios
Carole David: Née à Montréal d’une mère d’origine italienne et d’un père québécois, Carole David détient un doctorat en études françaises. Elle a fait carrière comme professeure de littérature au niveau collégial et se consacre maintenant à l’écriture. Son œuvre, qui mêle narrativité et poésie, américanité et féminité, a été récompensée par des prix importants dont le prix Athanase-David qui couronne l’ensemble de la carrière et de l’œuvre d’un écrivain québécois. Ses livres ont été traduits en anglais, en italien et en bulgare.
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Born in Montreal to an Italian mother and a Québécois father, Carole David holds a PhD in French Studies. She taught literature at the college level before devoting herself full-time to writing. Her work, which blends narrative and poetry while exploring themes of North American identity and womanhood, has received numerous prestigious honours, including the Athanase-David Award, which recognizes the lifetime achievement and body of work of a Québec writer. Her books have been translated into English, Italian, and Bulgarian.
Daphne Marlatt: was born in Melbourne in 1941 and spent much of her childhood in Malaysia before emigrating to Canada in 1951. Marlatt was at the centre of the West Coast poetry movement of the 1960s, with much of her postmodernist writing attuned to the adjustments, struggles, and accomplishments of immigrants. Her many books include the experimental novel Ana Historic and Intertidal: The Collected Earlier Poems, 1968-2008. In 2006, Marlatt was appointed to the Order of Canada in recognition of a lifetime of distinguished service to Canadian culture. In 2009, she was awarded the Dorothy Livesay Prize for Poetry, for her innovative long poem The Given, and in 2012 she received the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award.
Venue and Accessibility
This in-person event takes place at the SFU Harbour Centre campus. It is easily accessible by transit and near SkyTrain. The campus is wheelchair accessible and has wheelchair accessible washrooms. Gender neutral washrooms are also available.
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