Lori Saint-Martin
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Lori Saint-Martin | |
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| Born | 20 November 1959 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 22 October 2022 (aged 62) Paris, France |
| Occupations | Author, literary translator |
| Spouse | Paul Gagné |
| Awards | Acfas Andre-Laurendeau Award (2013) Governor General's Literary Awards (2000) Governor General's Award for English to French translation (2018) |
Lori Saint-Martin (c. 1959 – 22 October 2022) was a Canadian author and literary translator.[1][2] Her first novel, Les Portes closes, came out in 2013.[3] Working with her husband Paul Gagné, she translated over seventy English language books into French, including the works of such authors as Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, and Naomi Klein.[1][3]
Saint-Martin died on 22 October 2022, at the age of 62.[4]
Saint-Martin attended the University of Waterloo for her undergraduate education where she graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in 1980 and received the Alumni Gold Medal.[5] She graduated from Université Laval with her doctorate in 1988 on Québecois women's literature, entitled Malaise et révolte des femmes dans la littérature québécoise depuis 1945.[6]
