The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a
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French language
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poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet
Émile Nelligan 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, ''Le Livre du devoir''
* 1985 -
Anne-Marie Alonzo, ''Bleus de mine''
* 1986 -
Carole David, ''Terroristes d’amour'' /
France Mongeau - ''Lumières''
* 1987 -
Michael Delisle, ''Fontainebleau'' /
Élise Turcotte - ''La voix de Carla''
* 1988 - Renaud Longchamps, ''Légendes suivi de Sommation sur l’histoire''
* 1989 -
Élise Turcotte, ''La Terre est ici''
* 1990 - Claude Paré, ''Chemins de sel''
* 1991 -
Rachel Leclerc, ''Les Vies frontalières''
* 1992 -
Serge Patrice Thibodeau, ''Le Cycle de Prague''
* 1993 - Martin-Pierre Tremblay, ''Le Plus Petit Désert''
* 1994 -
Monique Deland, ''Géants dans l’île''
* 1995 -
Marlène Belley, ''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, ''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'Å“il)''
* 2008 -
Catherine Lalonde, ''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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Canadian poetry awards
Awards established in 1979
1979 establishments in Canada
Quebec literary awards
French-language literary awards
Literary awards honouring young writers