Biography & Autobiography Historical
René Lévesque
Charismatic Leader
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2004
- Category
- Historical, Political, State & Provincial
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894852135
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $15.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770706743
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
René Lévesque entered provincial politics in 1960 when Jean Lesage persuaded him to join his Liberal dream team. In 1968 he founded the Parti Québécois (PQ). Under the PQ banner, Lévesque served as premier from 1976 to 1985.
About the authors
Marguerite Paulin teaches at McGill University and also produces and hosts a radio program. She is also the author of René Lévesque (XYZ Publishing, 2004).
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JONATHAN KAPLANSKY won a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize winning author Annie Ernaux’s La vie extérieure (Things Seen). His translation of Frank Borzage: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romantic by Hervé Dumont was a finalist for the Wall Award from the Theatre Library Association. Recent translations include Jonathan Bécotte’s Like a Hurricane, Hélène Rioux’s The End of the World is Elsewhere, and the libretto of an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais entitled Yourcenar: An Island of Passions. He has also translated Dorion’s Days of Sand. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Kaplansky now lives in Montreal.
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