Jeanne-Mance Delisle

Jeanne-Mance Delisle won the Governor General’s award for French drama in 1987 for the original French version of A Live Bird in its Jaws, Un oiseau vivant dans la gueule, a deep and disturbing play about love, incest, and death.

About the translator

Yves Saint-Pierre has translated two novels, Paul Toupin’s The New Inquisition and Jacques Godbout’s An American Story, Anne Legault’s play A Visit from the Indians, Fernando Arrabal’s play A Girl for a Gorilla and Pierre Dagenais’ teleplay The Buck. Also a widely-published poet, Saint-Pierre currently lives in Montreal where he teaches English literature.