The writer and translator Lori Saint-Martin died suddenly on Saturday, announced the Éditions du Boréal.
Posted at 10:38 a.m.
“It is with dismay and immense sorrow that we learned this morning that Lori Saint-Martin died suddenly in Paris in the last few hours,” wrote the publishing house.
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, the writer “held a unique position at the border of Anglophone and Francophone cultures,” noted Éditions du Boréal.
Recognized in the literary community in Quebec, Lori Saint-Marin has published numerous novels and collections of short stories and signed a multitude of translations which have earned her international fame.
The writer is a four-time winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for French translations of novels A scent of cedar by Ann-Marie Macdonald, Last Notes by Tamas Dobzy, as well as Solomon Gursky and the World according to Barney by Mordechai Richler.
Lori San-Marin made a career as a teacher at the University of Quebec in Montreal. A specialist in Gabrielle Roy, she has also conducted several research projects within the University’s Institute for Research and Feminist Studies.
The writer had just been admitted to the Academy of Letters of Quebec, said Éditions du Boréal. “We would like to offer our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones,” added the publishing house.