Markoosie Patsauq (ᒫᑯᓯ ᐸᑦᓴᐅᖅ; 1941 or 1942 – 2020) was a Canadian Inuk writer from Inukjuak (Nunavik, Québec).[1][2] 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 (1970), than Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk's Sanaaq.[3]
Born near Inukjuak, Quebec,[4] his was one of the families forcibly relocated to Resolute, Northwest Territories in the High Arctic relocation in 1953.[5] He later attended high school in Yellowknife.[6]
Patsauq wrote the coming-of-age story Harpoon of the Hunter in 1969 when he worked as a pilot (the first Inuk pilot in Canada), using material he had heard from family members.[7] It was serialized in the Inuit periodical Inuttituut before being published in an English translation in 1970.[6] 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 2015.[8][9] He also wrote short stories and non-fiction, although none of his other work became as known as Harpoon of the Hunter.[4]
In 2016, scholar Valerie Henitiuk, was studying how the meaning of the original story written in Inuktitut may have changed when it was translated into English; subsequent translations were based on that English translation.[10]
He died in March 2020 at his home in Inukjuak.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Patsauq, Markoosie | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "Markoosie". Oxford Reference.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Markoosie Patsauq, first Inuit novelist, lived the history of his people". CBC North, April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Markoosie Patsauq – His Story". Iqqaumavara (dir. Marquise Lepage), 2013.
- ^ a b "MARKOOSIE, 1942-: LMS-0017". Collections Canada.
- ^ "Edmonton researcher studying versions of first Inuit novel | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ "Harpoon of the hunter in Hindi | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "Harpoon of the hunter in Marathi | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "Edmonton researcher studying versions of first Inuit novel". Global News. November 13, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
External links[edit]
- Exile in childhood: one man's memoir by Markoosie Patsauq in Nunatsiaq News
- The manuscript of Harpoon of the Hunter by Markoosie Patsauq (Harpoon of the Hunter collection, R11775) is held at Library and Archives Canada
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