Pierre-Alfred Daviault (November 9, 1899 – November 18, 1964) was a
Canadian translator and author. He helped to create the first professional translation courses in Canada.
Life
Born in
Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme () ( 2021 population 80,213) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. It is part of the Montreal of Greater Montreal. It is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts via the ...
,
Quebec, the son of Philippe-Landry Daviault and Clothilde Lauzon, he studied at the
University of Montreal and at the Sorbonne.
From 1958 to 1959, he was president of the
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...
and was awarded its
Pierre Chauveau Medal in 1952.
Selected works
* Le Mystère des Mille-Îles, 1927
* L'Expression juste en traduction, 1931
* Questions de langue, 1933
* La Grande Aventure de Le Moyne d'Iberville, 1934
* Traduction, 1941
* Nora l'énigmatique, 1945
* Language et traduction, 1961
References
Fonds Pierre-Daviault
1899 births
1964 deaths
People from Saint-Jérôme
Writers from Quebec
University of Paris alumni
20th-century Canadian translators
Canadian expatriates in France
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