Gatien Lapointe - Jaime Sabines Prize

Organization :

Festival International de la Poésie
1497, rue Laviolette, C.P. 335
Trois-Rivières (Québec) G9A 5G4
Telephone : (819) 379-9813 - Fax (819) 376-0774
Contact : Gaston Bellemare
Email : gaston.bellemare@fiptr.com

Seminario de Cultura Mexicana
Presidente Masaryk
Polanco, Mexico D.F. 11560
T. : 5230.7610 – F. : 5230 7612

Literary genre : Poetry

Origin of prize :

This award was established jointly by the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana and the Trois Rivières International Poetry Festival in order to consolidate the mutually-enriching literary partnership between them. The prize is presented annually to a living poet in one or the other of the two countries.

Prize:

  • The prize, valued at $ 50 000 pesos, is awarded to the winner by the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana and the International Poetry Festival, which jointly sponsor it.

  • In the year following the awarding of the prize, the Fondo de Cultura Economica and Écrits des Forges share the cost (50-50) of publishing a CD or DVD of excerpts from the book which took the prize. To facilitate the broadcast of this CD or DVD by radio stations and for copyright purposes, the winner will read three to four-minute sequences of his / her poems in the original language for half the CD. These readings will be followed by original music of equal length by a musician or musicians from the author’s country. The second half of the CD will involve a translation of the work in the other language. An actor will read the same passages in translation. The poems will be followed by musical pieces created and performed by musicians from the actor’s country of origin.

  • A written agreement between the Fondo de Cultura Economica, Écrits des Forges, the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana and the International Poetry Festival will determine the input of the parties in the creation of the CD or DVD, and the visual layout of this information on the cover.

Rules :

  • A poet may not collect this prize more than once.

MEXICO

Winner: The award will go to a Mexican poet in its inaugural year. Thereafter, a Mexican poet will receive the award on the 3rd, 5th, and 7th year, and on all subsequent odd years.

Clientele: The three (3) Mexican applicants for the prize must have at least one book of poetry translated into French and co-edited in Quebec by a Quebec publisher and a Mexican publisher within the previous five calendar years (January to December).

Jury: A jury of three (3) people named by the International Poetry Festival will select from among three (3) applicants submitted by the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana by March 1st of the given year.

Prize Awarding:  The awarding of the prize to the Mexican winner will take place, each year, during the Encuentro de Poetas del Mundo latino organised by the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana


QUEBEC

Winner: The award will go to a Quebec poet in its second year. Thereafter, a Quebec poet will receive the award on the 4th, 6th, and 8th year, and on all subsequent even years.

Clientele: The three (3) Quebec applicants for the prize must have at least one book of poetry translated into Spanish and co-edited in Mexico by a Mexican publisher and a Quebec publisher within the previous five calendar years.

Jury: A jury of three (3) people named by the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana will select from among three (3) applicants submitted by the International Poetry Fetival by March 1st of the given year.

Prize Awarding:  The awarding of the prize to the Quebec winner will take place, every year, during the Trois Rivières International Poetry Festival.

Note :

  • During their Annual General Meeting, the Comité Seminario de Cultura Mexicana and the International Poetry Festival may, without prior notice, amend the rules for the awarding of the prize.

Previous Winners:

2007 : Elsa Cross (Mexique)
2006 : Jean-Marc Desgent (Quebec)
2005 : Eduardo Lizalde (Mexico)
2004 : Claude Beausoleil (Quebec)
2003 : Alí Chumacero (Mexico)