Paule Noyart
Le miel d'Harar
Translation – English to French
Photo : Studio De Lottinville
Paule Noyart, Bromont (Quebec),
Le miel d'Harar.
(Leméac Éditeur / Actes Sud;
distributed by Diffusion Prologue)
(ISBN 978-2-7609-2680-6)
French translation of Sweetness in the Belly
by Camilla Gibb (Anchor Canada)
Biography
Translator, short-story writer and novelist, Paule Noyart was born in Belgium, where she studied fine arts and drama before settling in Quebec. She has been a figure in the Quebec literary community for just over 30 years. Her novels include La danse d'Issam and Compote et Gruau (winner of the Prix Alfred-Desrochers) and, most recently, Les pékinois de monsieur Chang. An accomplished literary translator, she was a GG finalist in 1998 for her translation of a Leonard Cohen biography, and was awarded a GG in 2002 for Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat. This year she wins her second GG. Paule Noyart lives in Bromont, Quebec.
Jury's comment
Paule Noyart shows a keen sensitivity to the poetry of the original. In a true act of literary creation, the expressive liberties the translator has taken serve this culturally-rich novel well. The remarkable quality of her work manages to transcend the limits of the translator's art - a rare accomplishment indeed.