Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant

Michel TremblayOne of the most produced and the most prominent playwrights in the history of Canadian theatre, Michel Tremblay has received countless prestigious honours and accolades. His dramatic, literary and autobiographical works have long enjoyed remarkable international popularity, including translations of his plays that have achieved huge success in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.Awards and Recognition*Prix du Grand (2009) La Traversée de la ville (Leméac Editeur Inc.)Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix (2006)Globe and Mail Top 100 Books (2003) Birth of a BookwormDora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (2000) For the Pleasure of Seeing Her AgainChalmers Awards (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1989, 2000)Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (1999)Molson Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts (1994)Louis-Hémon Prize (1994)Montreal Book Fair Grand Public Prize (1994)Banff Centre National Award (1992)Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France (1991)Chevalier of the Order of Quebec (1990)San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Festival Long-Standing Public Service Award (1989)CBC Anik Prize (1988)Athanase-David Lifetime Achievement Prize (1988)Quebec-Paris Prize (1985)Chevalier of Arts and Letters of France (1984)Sheila FischmanBorn in Saskatchewan, Sheila Fischman is a member of the Order of Canada and has a doctorate from the University of Waterloo.A two-time Governor General’s Award winner, Fischman has translated from French to English more than a hundred novels by such prominent Quebec writers as Michel Tremblay, Jacques Poulin, Anne Hébert, François Gravel, Marie-Claire Blais and Roch Carrier.In 2008, Fischman was awarded the prestigious Molson Prize for her outstanding contributions to Canadian literature.

"The language of The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant—it’s properly heard as a novel of voices—creates a neighbourhood tuned to the harmonies of pregnancy, to the awe of life about to be lived. There are some lovely, moving scenes. Tremblay is nothing if not eloquent, and he’s found a deft poetry to speak his tribute here."— Books in Canada"A loving celebration of fertility and hope … Fischman has faithfully retained the tenderness and tone of the original … "— Canadian Literature"One of the top ten works of fiction of the century."— Montreal Gazette"At the end of Tremblay’s career one will likely be able to sew together all his plays and novels and discover that we have been privileged to read the works of a veritable Québécois Marcel Proust."— Canadian Book Review Annual