Michel Pleau

Michel Pleau
Born (1964-05-25) May 25, 1964 (age 60)
Quebec City, Quebec
Occupationpoet
NationalityCanadian
Notable worksLa lenteur du monde

Michel Pleau (born May 25, 1964)[1] is a Canadian poet, who was appointed Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in January 2014.[2]

Originally from the Saint-Sauveur district of Quebec City,[1] he was educated at Université Laval and the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1]

The author of numerous books of poetry and literary criticism, he won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2008 Governor General's Awards for his collection La lenteur du monde.[2] An English translation, Eternity Taking Its Time, was published by Bookland Press in 2012.

He won Quebec's Prix Alphonse-Piché, Prix Octave-Crémazie and Prix Félix-Antoine-Savard for earlier collections.[3] In 1997, the Commission de toponymie du Québec named an unnamed island in the province's Caniapiscau Reservoir for his collection La traversée de la nuit, as part of a program honouring writers to mark the 20th anniversary of the Charter of the French Language.[1]

His most recent collection, Ciel de la basse-ville, was published in 2014.[4]

Works

  • Apprendre à partir (1985)
  • Les Doux silences (1986)
  • Le corps tombe plus tard (1992, ISBN 2-89046-257-9)
  • La traversée de la nuit (1994, ISBN 2-89018-300-9)
  • Plus loin que les cendres (1996, ISBN 2-89018-356-4)
  • Qui s'enfonce dans la nuit (1998)
  • Regards sur le poème (1998, ISBN 2-921310-91-0)
  • L'aveu tout simple d'un visage (1999, ISBN 2-89529-009-1)
  • Il arrive que le ciel te console (2000, ISBN 2-89529-030-X)
  • Soleil rouge (2004, ISBN 2-89597-031-9)
  • Le feu de l'autre rive (2005, ISBN 2-89046-908-5)
  • Arbres lumière (2005, ISBN 2-89597-045-9)
  • La lenteur du monde (2007, ISBN 978-2-89597-081-1)
  • Le petit livre de l'été (2012, ISBN 978-2-89597-263-1)
  • Le ciel de la basse-ville (2014, ISBN 978-2-89597-390-4)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pleau, Michel. L'infocentre litteraire des écrivains québécois.
  2. ^ a b "Canada names Michel Pleau as new parliamentary poet laureate". The Globe and Mail, January 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Michel Pleau: la vie rêvée d'un poète heureux". Le Soleil, December 1, 2008.
  4. ^ "Michel Pleau, poète officiel du Parlement: une chance à la puissance 10". La Presse, January 12, 2014.


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