Robert Melançon (born 12 May 1947) is a

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writer and translator. He has been a professor of literature at the

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since 1972. Melançon was born in

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Publications

1972 – The Poetic Image in France, Philippe Desportes Hopil Claude, 1570–1630

Honors

* 1979 – Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama, ''Peinture aveugle'' * 1990 –

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, ''Second Rouleau'' (with Charlotte Melançon) * 2003 – Prix Victor-Barbeau, ''Exercices de désoeuvrement'' * 2005 –

Prix Alain-Grandbois The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry.

, ''Le Paradis des apparences''

References

External links

Robert Melancon entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography
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