André Roy (born February 27, 1944) is a Canadian poet and arts critic from Quebec.André Roy
. Poems of the Month Program, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1985 for ''Action writing'' and was a shortlisted nominee for the award on three other occasions. He has also published extensively as a film and literary critic, and was an editor of the cultural magazines ''Hobo-Québec'' and ''Spirale''. An archive of his papers is held by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Several of his works have been translated into English by Daniel Sloate.

Antonio D'Alfonso Antonio D'Alfonso (born 6 August 1953)Filippo Salvatore, ''Ancient Memories, Modern Identities''. Guernica Editions, 1999. . is a Canadian writer, editor, publisher, and filmmaker, best known as the founder of Guernica Editions. Biography Anton ...

and Pasquale Verdicchio, ''Duologue: On Culture and Identity''. Guernica Editions, 1999. . He was one of Quebec's earliest openly gay writers. In 2021 he was named the winner of the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize, a lifetime achievement award for LGBTQ Canadian writers.Levon Sevunts
"Canada’s Blue Metropolis literary festival set for virtual opening"
Radio Canada International, April 17, 2021.

Awards and nominations

1979 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1979 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The 1979 awards were the first for which a shortlist of finalists was released a month before ...

- Nominee in French poetry for ''Les passions du samedi'' *

1984 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1984 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts."Literary award winners to be announced June 6". ''Montreal Gazette'', May 17, 1985. English ...

- Nominee in French poetry ''Les sept jours de la jouissance'' *

1985 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1985 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. English French References {{GovernorGeneralsAwards Governor General's Awards Governor ...

- Winner in French poetry for ''Action writing'' *1987 Grand Prix du Festival international de la poésie - ''L'Accélérateur d'intensité'' *1998 Prix de poésie Terrasses Saint-Sulpice - ''Vies'' *2008 Prix littéraire de Radio-Canada *

2009 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, and winning titles were announced on November 17 (see 2009 in poetry).André Roy
1944 births Living people Academics from Montreal Canadian male poets Canadian LGBT journalists Canadian LGBT poets Canadian gay writers Governor General's Award-winning poets Journalists from Montreal Writers from Montreal Canadian literary critics Canadian film critics Canadian magazine editors Canadian poets in French Canadian male non-fiction writers Prix Alain-Grandbois 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian LGBT people Gay poets French Quebecers {{Canada-poet-stub