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Nationality
  
Canadian

Spouse
  
Nicole Perron

Role
  
Diplomat


Name
  
Emile Martel

Period
  
1960s-1990s

Children
  
Yann Martel

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Occupation
  
Notable works
  
Pour orchestre et poete seul

Relatives
  
Yann Martel, sonReginald Martel, brother

Books
  
For Orchestra and Solo Poet

Similar People
  
Yann Martel, Pablo Neruda, Andre Alexis, Homero Aridjis

Émile Martel (born August 10, 1941 in Amos, Quebec) is a Canadian diplomat and writer, who won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1995 for his poetry collection Pour orchestre et poète seul.

Educated at the University of Ottawa, Université Laval and the University of Salamanca, he taught French and Spanish literature in Canada and the United States before joining Canada's Department of External Affairs as a diplomat. He has published both poetry and short stories.

He is the father of Canadian novelist Yann Martel and the brother of Réginald Martel.

Works

  • Les Enfances brisées (1969)
  • L'ombre du silence (1974)
  • Les Gants jetés (1977)
  • Dictionnaire de cristal
  • Pour orchestre et poète seul (1995)
  • English translation by D. G. Jones, For Orchestra and Solo Poet (1996)
  • Translation of Life of Pi into French: Histoire de Pi (2003), with Nicole Perron
  • References

    Émile Martel (writer) Wikipedia