Michel Pleau
| Michel Pleau | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 25, 1964 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Occupation | poet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Notable works | La lenteur du monde |
Michel Pleau (born May 25, 1964)[1] is a Canadian poet, who was appointed Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in January 2014.[2]
Originally from the Saint-Sauveur district of Quebec City,[1] he was educated at Université Laval and the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1]
The author of numerous books of poetry and literary criticism, he won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2008 Governor General's Awards for his collection La lenteur du monde.[2] An English translation, Eternity Taking Its Time, was published by Bookland Press in 2012.
He won Quebec's Prix Alphonse-Piché, Prix Octave-Crémazie and Prix Félix-Antoine-Savard for earlier collections.[3] In 1997, the Commission de toponymie du Québec named an unnamed island in the province's Caniapiscau Reservoir for his collection La traversée de la nuit, as part of a program honouring writers to mark the 20th anniversary of the Charter of the French Language.[1]
His most recent collection, Ciel de la basse-ville, was published in 2014.[4]
Works
- Apprendre à partir (1985)
- Les Doux silences (1986)
- Le corps tombe plus tard (1992, ISBN 2-89046-257-9)
- Spanish translation El cuerpo cae más tarde (2001, ISBN 2-89046-635-3)
- La traversée de la nuit (1994, ISBN 2-89018-300-9)
- Plus loin que les cendres (1996, ISBN 2-89018-356-4)
- Qui s'enfonce dans la nuit (1998)
- Regards sur le poème (1998, ISBN 2-921310-91-0)
- L'aveu tout simple d'un visage (1999, ISBN 2-89529-009-1)
- Il arrive que le ciel te console (2000, ISBN 2-89529-030-X)
- Soleil rouge (2004, ISBN 2-89597-031-9)
- Le feu de l'autre rive (2005, ISBN 2-89046-908-5)
- Arbres lumière (2005, ISBN 2-89597-045-9)
- La lenteur du monde (2007, ISBN 978-2-89597-081-1)
- English translation Eternity Taking Its Time (2012, ISBN 9781926956312)
- Le petit livre de l'été (2012, ISBN 978-2-89597-263-1)
- Le ciel de la basse-ville (2014, ISBN 978-2-89597-390-4)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Pleau, Michel. L'infocentre litteraire des écrivains québécois.
- 1 2 "Canada names Michel Pleau as new parliamentary poet laureate". The Globe and Mail, January 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Michel Pleau: la vie rêvée d'un poète heureux". Le Soleil, December 1, 2008.
- ↑ "Michel Pleau, poète officiel du Parlement: une chance à la puissance 10". La Presse, January 12, 2014.