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) is a
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poet from
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. He won the
Governor General's Award for French-language poetry
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The Globe and Mail
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'', November 18, 2014. and was a nominee for the same award at the
1996 Governor General's Awards
The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 14, 1996.
English
French
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for ''L'Oiseau respirable''."Local authors top list: Governor-General's Literary Awards nominees announced". ''
The Gazette
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'', October 18, 1996.
Two editions of his poetry have also been translated into English for publication by
Guernica Editions
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.
Works
*1987 - ''Tout va rien''
*1990 - ''Le Piéton immobile''
*1991 - ''Tarokado''
*1992 - ''Chien d'azur''
*1995 - ''Cité ouverte''
*1995 - ''L'oiseau respirable''
*1995 - ''L'éternité est un entretemps''
*1997 - ''Autour du temps''
*1998 - ''L'Orange vide''
*1999 - ''Comme les dix doigts de las manos''
*1999 - ''Là où finit la terre''
*2000 - ''Premiers mots de l'an 2000''
*2000 - ''Jaune Rouge Bleu'' (with Joël Des Rosiers and
Suzanne Jacob
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)
*2003 - ''L'inconscient du soleil''
*2004 - ''L'épluche-œil''
*2005 - ''Mexiquatrains''
*2006 - ''Personne ne sait que je t'aime''
*2006 - ''L'absolu est un dé rond''
*2007 - ''Il n'est sens que d'apprendre à mourir''
*2008 - ''Paradoxes de la fragilité - en marge du poème''
*2008 - ''Fantounel, slam de mon enfance en pays occitan''
*2008 - ''La plaquette cubaine'' (with Bertrand Laverdure and Yannick Renaud)
*2009 - ''Dans l'oeil de la luciole''
*2009 - ''L'infini est moins triste que l'éternité''
*2010 - ''Jonquilles des palanges''
*2010 - ''Château bizarre : Rien-sur-Mer''
*2011 - ''Nous sommes tous des sauvages''
*2011 - ''Le temps a parfois de ces tendresses''
*2011 - ''Le zéro est l'origine de l'au-delà''
*2012 - ''Comme si tu avais encore le temps de rêver = Com si encara tinguessis temps de somiar''
*2014 - ''Anarchie de la lumière''
Translations
*2010 - ''The Man Who Delivers Clouds'' (selected poetry translated by
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.
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*2014 - ''The Absolute Is a Round Die'' (translation of ''L'absolu est un dé rond'' by Hugh Hazelton)
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List of Quebec writers
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* José Acquelin
*Donald Alarie
*Francine Allard
*Ginette Anfousse
* François Réal Angers
* Emmanuel Aquin
*Hubert Aquin
*Nelly Arcan
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*Olivar Asselin
*Bern ...