Prise de parole
| Industry | Publishing |
|---|---|
| Founder | Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario |
| Headquarters | 27 Larch Street Unit 359 Sudbury, Ontario P3E 1B7 |
| Website | www |
Prise de parole ("Speaking Out") is a Canadian book publishing company.[1] Located in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada,[2] the company publishes French language literature, primarily but not exclusively by Franco-Ontarian authors.[3]
History
[edit]The company was established in the early 1970s by the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario, a group of professors and students at Laurentian University who established nearly all of the city's contemporary francophone cultural institutions.[4] Its first book, released in 1973, was Lignes Signes, an anthology of poetry by Jean Lalonde, Placide Gaboury, Denis St-Jules and Gaston Tremblay,[5] while its first fiction title was Hermaphrodismes, two erotic novellas written by Fernand Dorais under the pen name "Tristan Lafleur".[6]
The most successful title in the company's history is Doric Germain's novel La vengeance de l'orignal.[7] In 1996, the firm was involved in the Federal Court of Canada case Prise de parole Inc v Guérin, éditeur Ltée, after another publishing company published unauthorized excerpts from La vengeance de l'orignal in an anthology for use in schools.[8] The case, which awarded Germain $10,000 in compensation but found that Guérin's actions were not an infringement on Germain's moral rights as the excerpts were not damaging to his reputation, is now considered a key precedent in the matter of moral rights in Canadian copyright law,
Other writers published by the company have included Herménégilde Chiasson,[9] Jean-Marc Dalpé,[10] Alain Doom, Fernand Ouellet, Daniel Poliquin, Patrice Desbiens,[4] Michel Bock, Marguerite Andersen,[4] Robert Marinier,[11] Melchior Mbonimpa,[12] Jocelyne Villeneuve,[13] Maurice Henrie,[4] Hélène Brodeur, Franco Catanzariti, Estelle Beauchamp and Robert Dickson,[14] as well as French translations of English works by Charlie Angus, Phil Hall, Matthew Heiti and Tomson Highway.[15]
The company's offices moved in 2022 to the new Place des Arts facility in downtown Sudbury.[16]
Awards
[edit]As of 2018, titles published by the company have won the Governor General's Award for French-language drama twice, for Dalpé's Le Chien in 1989 and Il n'y a que l'amour in 1999, the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry twice, for Chiasson's Conversations in 1999 and Dickson's Humains paysages en temps de paix relative in 2002, and the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction once, for Dalpé's Un vent se lève qui éparpille in 2000.
References
[edit]- ^ "French publisher fighting to survive as it awaits grant". Toronto Star, January 2, 1987.
- ^ "More than moonscapes". Sudbury Star, October 1, 2005.
- ^ "French publishers reflect Canada's regions". The Globe and Mail, November 23, 1992.
- ^ a b c d "Vive le CanLit français". The Globe and Mail, October 19, 1996.
- ^ Claire Pilon, "Publishing house marks 30th year". Sudbury Star, May 21, 2003.
- ^ Gaétan Gervais and Jean-Pierre Pichette, Dictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français: 1613-1993. University of Ottawa Press, 2010. ISBN 9782760307575.
- ^ "French-language publishers pop up outside Quebec". Vancouver Sun, November 16, 1992.
- ^ (1996), 104 FTR 104, 66 CPR (3d) 257 [Prise de parole], aff'd (1996) 121 FTR 240 (note), 73 CPR (3d) 557 (FCA)
- ^ "Home province inspires Acadian playwrite Hermenegilde Chiasson". Times & Transcript, January 23, 2017.
- ^ "Ontario theatre's French voice; Bilingual Dalpe play a highlight of drama fest". Montreal Gazette, May 23, 1989.
- ^ "Local author among finalists for Trillium Awards". Ottawa Citizen, February 21, 1997.
- ^ "LU professor finalist for book award". Sudbury Star, September 27, 2004.
- ^ "Sudbury writer". Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 1990.
- ^ "More than a business". Sudbury Star, November 13, 2004.
- ^ "Beyond print". Montreal Gazette, February 4, 2006.
- ^ Arron Pickard, "Exterior design for Place des Arts revealed". Sudbury.com, March 29, 2019.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
