Gatien Lapointe (December 18, 1931 - September 15, 1983) was a

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poet from

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

.Cloutier-Wojciechowska C. (1985) "The St. Lawrence in the Poetry of Gatien Lapointe". In: Tymieniecka AT. (eds) Poetics of the Elements in the Human Condition: The Sea. Analecta Husserliana (The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research), vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht He is most noted for his collections ''Ode au Saint-Laurent'', which won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama, the Prix du Maurier and the Prix du Québec in 1963, and ''Le premier mot'', which won the Prix du Québec in 1967."Gatien Lapointe"
''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', February 10, 2008.

Early life and career

Born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec, Sainte-Justine, he studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, the Université de Montréal, the Collège de France and the University of Paris, Sorbonne. He published his first poetry collection, ''Jour malaisé'', in 1953 and followed up with ''Otages de la joie'' in 1955 and ''Le Temps premier'' in 1962. He taught at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean from 1962 to 1969, and then became a professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières."Gatien Lapointe (1931-1983) Poète"
''Bilan du siècle'' (Université de Sherbrooke). In 1971 he cofounded the publishing house Écrits des Forges. After ''Le premier mot'' he did not publish any new work for many years, but late in life he published a number of new works, including ''Arbre-radar'', ''Barbare inouï'', ''Corps et Graphies'', ''Corps de l'instant'' and ''Le Premier Paysage''. He died in 1983 in Trois-Rivières.

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1931 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Canadian poets Canadian male poets Canadian poets in French Governor General's Award-winning poets People from Chaudière-Appalaches Université de Montréal alumni Writers from Quebec Academic staff of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Academic staff of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean Collège de France alumni {{Quebec-writer-stub