Pierre Nepveu (born 16 September 1946 in

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) is a

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and

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. As a scholar, he specializes in modern Quebec poetry, in particular the work of

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. He taught at the French Studies Department of

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from 1979 until his retirement in 2009.

Awards and recognition

* 1979: non-fiction finalist,

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, ''Les mots à l'écoute'' * 1986: fiction finalist,

, ''L'hiver de Mira Christophe'' * 1997: poetry winner,

, ''Romans-fleuves'' * 1998: nonfiction winner,

, ''Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques'' * 2003: poetry winner,

, ''Lignes aériennes'' * 2005: winner,

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* 2011: Member of the

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* 2018: Officer of the

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Bibliography

*1977: ''Épisodes'' (L'Hexagone) *1979: ''Les mots à l'écoute: poésie et silence chez Fernand Ouellette, Gaston Miron et Paul-Marie Lapointe'' (Presses de l'Université Laval) *1980–1981: with

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, ''La Poésie québécoise, des origines à nos jours'', anthology (Presses de l'Université du Québec) **1996: reissue (Typo) *1986: ''L'hiver de Mira Christophe'', novel (Boréal) *1986: co-compiler with Laurent Mailhot, ''La Poésie québécoise: des origines à nos jours'' (Hexagone) *1992: ''Des mondes peu habités'', novel (Boréal) **1997: English translation by Judith Weisz Woodsworth, ''Still lives'' (Nuage Editions) *1992: with

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, ''Montréal imaginaire: ville et littérature'' (Fides) *1997: ''Romans-fleuves'' (Éditions du Noroît) **1998: English translation by

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, ''Romans-fleuves'' (Exile Editions) *1998: ''Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde: essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques'' (Boreal) *1999: ''L'écologie du réel: mort et naissance de la littérature québécoise contemporaine'' (Boréal) *2002: ''Lignes aériennes'' (Éditions du Noroît) **2004: English translation by Judith Cowan, ''Mirabel'' (Signal Editions) *2004: editor with

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, ''Un long chemin: proses, 1953-1996'', compilation of works by

(L'Hexagone)

References

Véhicule Press: ''Mirabel''
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Pierre Nepveu
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Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)
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