Markoosie Patsauq

Markoosie Patsauq (ᒫᑯᓯ ᐸᑦᓴᐅᖅ, born 1942) is a Canadian writer.[1] He is best known for Harpoon of the Hunter (ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᐅᑉ ᓇᐅᒃᑯᑎᖓ), the first published Inuktitut language novel; the novel was written later, but published earlier, than Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk's Sanaaq.[2]

Born in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, his was one of the families forcibly relocated to Resolute, Northwest Territories in the High Arctic relocation in 1953.[3] He later attended high school in Yellowknife.[4] Harpoon of the Hunter, written in 1969, was serialized in the Inuit periodical Inuttituut before being published in an English translation in 1970.[4] In Ukrainian, the story was first published in 1974 by the publishing house Veselka (Rainbow). A French translation was published in 2013, and translations into Hindi and Marathi followed in 2014.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Markoosie". Oxford Reference.
  2. ↑ Martin, Keavy (17 January 2014). "Southern readers finally get a chance to read Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, the accidental Inuit novelist". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Markoosie Patsauq – His Story". Iqqaumavara (dir. Marquise Lepage), 2013.
  4. 1 2 "MARKOOSIE, 1942-: LMS-0017". Collections Canada.
  5. ↑ "L'Inde s'ouvre à la culture inuite". Actualités UQAM, October 14, 2014.


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