Lola Lemire Tostevin

Shelley Boyd (McGill University)

Ed. by Wendy Roy, University of Saskatchewan
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 15 Jun 1937
Activity 1982-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Essayist
Literary Critic/ Historian
Novelist
Poet
Translator

Resources

Tostevin's Works

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In feminist writing communities in Canada, Lola Lemire Tostevin has played a significant role by bridging the French-English language gap through her bilingual writing practice. A Franco-Ontarian, Tostevin writes primarily in English, but her inclusion of French within her writing and her strong interest in feminism have enabled critics to discuss Tostevin's work in the context of both English Canadian writers, such as Daphne Marlatt, and Quebec writers, such as Nicole Brossard and Gail Scott. Since the publication of her first book of poetry,

Color of Her Speech

(1982), Tostevin has written six books of poetry, three novels, and a collection of criticism. She also translated Michael Ondaatje's

Elimination Dance

into a bilingual traveller's edition, entitled

Elimination dance = La danse

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Citation: Boyd, Shelley. "Lola Lemire Tostevin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 November 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5277, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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