The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a

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poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet

Émile Nelligan Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a Canadian Symbolist poet from Montreal who wrote in French. Even though he stopped writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of 19, Nelligan remains an iconic figur ...

and was first awarded in 1979, the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Recipients

* 1979 - François Charron, ''Blessures'' * 1980 -

Claude Beausoleil Claude Beausoleil (16 November 1948 – 24 July 2020) was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist. Biography Beausoleil studied literature at the Université du Québec à Montréal and earned a master's degree with a thesis on Hubert Aquin. He the ...

, ''Au milieu du corps l’attraction s’insinue'' (poèmes 1975–1980) * 1981 - Jean-Yves Collette, ''La Mort d’André Breton'' * 1982 - Jocelyne Felx, ''Orpailleuse'' / Philippe Haeck - ''La Parole verte'' * 1983 - Lucien Francœur, ''Les Rockeurs sanctifiés'' * 1984 -

Normand de Bellefeuille Normand de Bellefeuille (born 31 December 1949, in Montreal) is a Quebecois poet, writer, literary critic, and essayist. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, winning at the 2000 Governor General's Awa ...

, ''Le Livre du devoir'' * 1985 -

Anne-Marie Alonzo Anne-Marie Alonzo, (December 13, 1951 – June 11, 2005) was a Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, she immigrated to Quebec when she was twelve. In 1966 she was the victim of a car accident wh ...

, ''Bleus de mine'' * 1986 - Carole David, ''Terroristes d’amour'' / France Mongeau - ''Lumières'' * 1987 -

Michael Delisle Michael Delisle (born 1959 in Longueuil) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for ''Le sort de fille'' at the 2006 Governor General's Awards and for ''Le Feu de mo ...

, ''Fontainebleau'' /

Élise Turcotte Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957 in Sorel, Quebec) is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature ...

- ''La voix de Carla'' * 1988 - Renaud Longchamps, ''Légendes suivi de Sommation sur l’histoire'' * 1989 -

, ''La Terre est ici'' * 1990 - Claude Paré, ''Chemins de sel'' * 1991 - Rachel Leclerc, ''Les Vies frontalières'' * 1992 -

Serge Patrice Thibodeau Serge Patrice Thibodeau (born August 11, 1959) is a Canadian writer. ...

, ''Le Cycle de Prague'' * 1993 - Martin-Pierre Tremblay, ''Le Plus Petit Désert'' * 1994 -

Monique Deland Monique Deland (born July 6, 1958) is a Quebecer poet. She is a recipient of the Grand Prix de Poésie Le Noroît (1993), Prix Émile-Nelligan (1995), Prix Alain-Grandbois (2009), Prix Félix-Antoine-Savard (2010), and the Grand Prix Quebecor du F ...

, ''Géants dans l’île'' * 1995 -

Marlène Belley Marlène Belley (born 1963) is a Canadian poet. She was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec and went on to teach French in Ottawa. Her first collection of poetry ''Les jours sont trop longs pour se mentir'', published in 1995, received the Prix Émile ...

, ''Les jours sont trop longs pour se mentir'' * 1996 - Carle Coppens, ''Poèmes contre la montre'' * 1997 - Patrick Lafontaine, ''L’Ambition du vide'' * 1998 -

Tony Tremblay Tony Tremblay is a Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality, born in Jonquière, Quebec in 1968, and now living in Montreal. Biography Tremblay is the co-founder of Exit poetry magazine. He was awarded the presti ...

, ''Rue Pétrole-Océan'' * 1999 - Jean-Éric Riopel, ''Papillons réfractaires'' * 2000 - Tania Langlais, ''Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme'' * 2001 - Mathieu Boily, ''Le grand respir'' * 2002 - Benoît Jutras, ''Nous serons sans voix'' * 2003 - Jean-Simon DesRochers, ''Parle seul'' * 2004 - Kim Doré, ''Le rayonnement des corps noirs'' * 2005 - Renée Gagnon, ''Des fois que je tombe'' * 2006 - Maude Smith Gagnon, ''Une tonne d'air'' * 2007 - Danny Plourde, ''calme aurore (s'unir ailleurs, du napalm plein l'œil)'' * 2008 -

Catherine Lalonde Catherine Lalonde (born 1974) is a Quebec poet and journalist. She was born in Montreal and studied theatre and contemporary dance. At the age of 16, she published her first collection of poems ''Jeux de brume''. She has worked in media and commun ...

, ''Corps étranger'' * 2009 - François Turcot, ''Cette maison n'est pas la mienne'' * 2010 - Philippe More, ''Le laboratoire des anges'' * 2011 - Mahigan Lepage, ''Relief'' * 2012 - Mario Brassard, ''Le livre clairière'' * 2013 - Michaël Trahan, ''Nœud coulant'' * 2014 - Roxanne Desjardins, ''Ciseaux'' * 2015 - Rosalie Lessard, ''L'observatoire'' * 2016 - Jonathan Lamy, ''La vie sauve'' * 2017 - François Guerrette, ''Constellation des grands brûlés'' * 2018 - Jonathan Charette, ''Ravissement à perpétuité'' * 2019 - Laurence Veilleux, ''Elle des chambres''

References

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