Spiritual Poems of the Soul
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One
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<p><b>Winner, Governor General's Award for Poetry</b></p><p><b>Finalist, Governor General's Award for Translation</b></p><p>An elegant testimony to the beautiful and the good, Serge Patrice Thibodeau's <i>One</i> pays homage to the vibrancy and vigor of life, backdropped against the precarious immediacy of the everyday.</p> <p>From the tiny trunk of opening lines taken from Paul Valéry, Thibodeau unpacks a vision of human consciousness that exists in a state of singular wonder, creating a universe that is at once faithful and ever-changing like the tidal bore — the landscape of mascaret. Thibodeau boldly blends anecdotes, pop-ups, leitmotifs, ecological awareness, and the inner world in variations on the theme of wholeness.</p>
Serge Patrice Thibodeau is the author of a dozen collections of poetry, including Le quatuor de l'errance and Seul on Est, both of which won the Governor General's Award for poetry. He has also written numerous essays and, in 2004, an oratorio with composer Pierre Michaud entitled Odysséa, which commemorated the 400th anniversary of the founding of Acadie.
In addition to his two Governor General's Awards, Thibodeau has received numerous other honours, including the Prix France-Acadie in 1991, the Prix Edgar-Lespérance in 1994 and the Grand Prix du Festival international de la poésie de Trois-Rivières. He has also received the prestigious Prix Émile-Nelligan, the only Acadian to ever receive this award.
Thibodeau is the editorial director of Éditions Perce Neige in Moncton, NB. His poems have been translated into fourteen languages.
- ISBN-13
- 9780864925336
- Publisher
- Goose Lane Editions
- Imprint
- Goose Lane Editions
- Publication date
- 24 April 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 64
- Dimensions
- 190 x 127 mm
- Language
- English
