{"product_id":"birth-of-a-bookworm-paperback","title":"Birth of a Bookworm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichel Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSheila Fischman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bookworm\u003c\/i\u003e, Michel Tremblay takes the reader on a tour of the books that have had a formative influence on the birth and early development of his creative imagination. Included are his readings of and reactions to some of the great classics of world literature by such writers as the Comtesse de Segur, Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson and, above all, the Brothers Grimm. One of the great moments in this very personal voyage of literary discovery is Tremblay's astonishingly revelatory and prescient account of a summer spent regaling his little friends with his invented alternate endings to the story of \u003ci\u003eSnow White\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, more than anywhere else, do we get a sense of an author emerging from the received magic of his encounters with stories, and discovering his own need to tell them anew, with the fresh, contemporary sensibility of his own time, place and circumstance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs in the other two volumes in \"the education of Michel Tremblay\"-- his memoir of the formative films in his life, \u003ci\u003eBambi and Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and his first encounters with the world of the theatre, \u003ci\u003eTwelve Opening Acts\u003c\/i\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bookworm\u003c\/i\u003e is first and foremost a love story of Michel for his muses, ushered into his life and hovered over with the acute care and concern of his match-making mother. As in all of Tremblay's work, the physical and emotional world of his childhood is celebrated as the fertile ground on which his new, vivid way of seeing and imagining is built.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most produced and the most prominent playwrights in the history of Canadian theatre, Michel Tremblay has received countless prestigious honours and accolades. His dramatic, literary and autobiographical works have long enjoyed remarkable international popularity, including translations of his plays that have achieved huge success in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAwards and Recognition*\u003cbr\u003ePrix du Grand (2009) \u003ci\u003eLa Traversee de la ville\u003c\/i\u003e (Lemeac Editeur Inc.)\u003cbr\u003eBlue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix (2006)\u003cbr\u003eGlobe and Mail Top 100 Books (2003) \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bookworm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (2000) \u003ci\u003eFor the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChalmers Awards (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1989, 2000)\u003cbr\u003eGovernor General's Performing Arts Award (1999)\u003cbr\u003eMolson Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts (1994)\u003cbr\u003eLouis-Hémon Prize (1994)\u003cbr\u003eMontreal Book Fair Grand Public Prize (1994)\u003cbr\u003eBanff Centre National Award (1992)\u003cbr\u003eOfficer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France (1991)\u003cbr\u003eChevalier of the Order of Quebec (1990)\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco Lesbian and Gay Festival Long-Standing Public Service Award (1989)\u003cbr\u003eCBC Anik Prize (1988)\u003cbr\u003eAthanase-David Lifetime Achievement Prize (1988)\u003cbr\u003eQuebec-Paris Prize (1985)\u003cbr\u003eChevalier of Arts and Letters of France (1984). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Fischman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Saskatchewan, Sheila Fischman is a member of the Order of Canada and has a doctorate from the University of Waterloo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA two-time Governor General's Award winner, Fischman has translated from French to English more than a hundred novels by such prominent Quebec writers as Michel Tremblay, Jacques Poulin, Anne Hébert, François Gravel, Marie-Claire Blais and Roch Carrier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2008, Fischman was awarded the prestigious Molson Prize for her outstanding contributions to Canadian literature.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9.52 x 4.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53208661328235,"sku":"9780889224766","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8401\/2907\/files\/2f28b1d98aa6699d8fb0d1171858f370.webp?v=1778485949","url":"https:\/\/fraulick.com\/products\/birth-of-a-bookworm-paperback","provider":"frauLick.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}