Nathanaël (born 1970 in

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) is a

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writer, literary translator and educator. Some of her works have been published under her

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''Nathalie Stephens''. She lives in

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.''NATHANAËL''
at lequartanier.com, retrieved 2015-08-15 (French).

Biography

In 1970 Nathanaël was born as Nathalie Stephens in Montreal. She studied Literature at the

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and the

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. Since 2002 she is member of the Québec Union of Writers. She teaches at the

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. Furthermore, she is a contributing editor to the French

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''Recours au poème'' and the American magazine ''Aufgabe''. Nathanaël writes intergenre, poetry, prose, and essays — in English and French — which have been translated into Bulgarian,

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, Portuguese,

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and

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.''Nathanaël''
at nightboat.org, retrieved 2019-03-14. Her book ''Underground'' was finalist for a Grand Prix du Salon du livre de Toronto in 2000. ''L'injure'' was shortlisted for a

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and the Prix Alain-Grandbois in 2005. ''...s'arrête? Je'' won the

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in 2008.''AUT(EU)RE''
at polysemique.blogspot.ca, retrieved 2015-08-15. Nathanaël has translated John Keene,

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, R. M. Vaughan et al. into French and

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and

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into English. Her translation of Danielle Collobert's novel ''Murder'' was shortlisted for a

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2014. She has been awarded with fellowships from the

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(2012) and the

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de France (2013) for her translation of Hervé Guibert's ''The Mausoleum of Lovers''.Nathanaël
'', mais la mémoire de la photographie (bis)''
at fabula.org, retrieved 2015-08-27 (French).

Selected writings

*''The Middle Notebooks''. New York: Nightboat, 2015 . *''Asclepias The Milkweeds''. New York: Nightboat, 2015 . *''Laisse''. Paris: Recours au poème éditeurs, 2015 . *''Sotto l'immagine''. Montréal: Mémoire d'encrier, 2014 . *''Sisyphus, Outdone. Theatres of the Catastrophal''. New York: Nightboat, 2013 . *''Carnet de délibérations''. Montréal: Le Quartanier, 2011 . *''We Press Ourselves Plainly''. New York: Nightboat, 2010 . *''Vigilous, Reel. Desire (a)s accusation''. San Francisco: Albion, 2010. *''Carnet de désaccords''. Montréal: Le Quartanier, 2009 . *''At Alberta''. Toronto: BookThug, 2008 . *''...s'arrête? Je''. Montréal: Éditions de l'Hexagone, 2007 . *''The Sorrow And The Fast Of It''. New York: Nightboat Books, 2007 . *''L'absence au lieu (Claude Cahun et le livre inouvert)''. Québec: Nota Bene, 2007 . *''Touch To Affliction''. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2006 . *''L'injure''. Montréal: Éditions de l'Hexagone, 2004 . *''Paper City. A caprice on the subject of disillusionment''. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2003 . *''Je Nathanaël''. Montréal: L'Hexagone, 2003 . *''L'embrasure''. Laval: Éditions TROIS, 2002 . *''All Boy''. Calgary: housepress, 2001 . *''Somewhere Running''. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2000 . *''Underground''. Laval: Éditions TROIS, 1999 . *''Colette m'entends-tu?'' Laval: Éditions TROIS, 1997 . *''This Imagined Permanence''. Toronto: Gutter Press, 1996 . *''hivernale''. Toronto: Éditions du GREF, 1995 .

Translations

*Édouard Glissant, Sun of Consciousness. New York: Nightboat, 2020 . *Hervé Guibert, The Mausoleum of Lovers Journals 1976–1991. New York: Nightboat 2014, . *Danielle Collobert, Murder. New York: Litmus Press, 2013 . *Hilda Hilst, The Obscene Madame D. New York: Nightboat, 2014 (with Rachel Gontijo Araújo). *Édouard Glissant, Poetic Intention. New York: Nightboat, 2010 . *Catherine Mavrikakis, Flowers of Spit. BookThug, 2011 . *Catherine Mavrikakis, A Cannibal and Melancholy Mourning. Coach House, 2004 .

Awards and recognition

*2013 Residential bursary from the Collège International de Traducteurs Littéraires (

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) *2013 Bursary from the Centre national du livre *2012 PEN Translation Fund Fellowship *2008 Prix Alain-Grandbois for ''...s'arrête? Je'' *2003 British Centre for Literary Translation Residential Bursary of the

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*2002 Chalmers Fellowship

References

External links

*Nathanaël and Ronaldo V. Wilson
''Queering Poetics: A Reading by Nathalie Stephens/Nathanaël and Ronaldo V. Wilson''
at the

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(2012, audio: 31 min.). *Nathanaël
''Hatred of Translation''
(essay, 2015) *Nathanaël
''Traduction (soi-)disant : une expropriation d'intimités''
(essay, French, 2010). *Nathanaël
''Pages enlevées''
(extract, French). *Nathanaël
''Sisyphus, Outdone. Theatres of the Catastrophal''
(extract). *Judith Goldman
„A Failed Snapshot (instantané raté): Notes on Nathanaël (Nathalie Stephens), SISYPHUS, OUTDONE. Theatres of the Catastrophal"
in: ''

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: Journal of Interdisciplinary Thought on Contemporary Cultures'' 20/3 (2010). {{DEFAULTSORT:Nathanael 1970 births Living people 20th-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists Poets from Montreal Canadian women poets Canadian women novelists Canadian LGBTQ poets 21st-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Prix Alain-Grandbois 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people 20th-century Canadian LGBTQ people Novelists from Montreal