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Allison Connell was born in 1931 at Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario, Canada where his father was District Forester. In 1941 the family moved to his father's original home in Woodstock, New Brunswick. His childhood experiences in the forest and lake country of the north left a deep impression and he eventually returned over many summers for extended canoe and camping excursions. Allison Connell is a graduate of Mt. Allison University where he specialized in French Literature. This led to teaching fellowships at French lycées, which were renewed twice. He returned to France in 1956 and completed his doctoral programme at the Sorbonne in 1959. During this time he developed a deep and continuing interest in Valery Larbaud and the art of translation. Back in Canada, he taught for five years at the University of Winnipeg. In 1964 he conducted a summer school course in 17th century French Literature at the University of Alberta. He subsequently became a Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta where he taught from 1965 to 1980. During this period he published a number of papers in The Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, including one on Larbaud's translations of Samuel Butler. Retiring from university teaching in 1980, Allison Connell returned to Woodstock, New Brunswick. He continued his literary work as an independent scholar. During this time he completed a translation of Mondo and Other Stories by Le Clézio. He continued his study of Larbaud, which has now been brought to completion with the publication of The Translations of Valery Larbaud. Since returning to Woodstock, Allison Connell has been active in heritage preservation. He initiated and conducted a three-year project that documented the town's architectural heritage. He is the author of A View of Woodstock: Historic Homes of the Nineteenth Century, which is now in its second edition. He has long been active in New Brunswick movements to conserve and protect the province's natural environments and to advance its transition to renewable energy.

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