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Michel van Schendel

ミシェル・ヴァン・シェンデル

Misheru Van Shenderu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-06-16 （Asnières-sur-Seine）
Died
2005-10-09 age 76
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
French
Residence History
Asnières-sur-Seine, France (birth) → Quebec, Canada (emigrated 1952)

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, professor
Active Years
1958-2005
Affiliations
Société Radio-Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal
Nominations
Nominated for 1998 Governor General's Award in French-language poetry for Bitumes

Awards

Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama
1980
Work: De l'oeil et de l'écoute
Category: poetry
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: winner
Prix Athanase-David
2003
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: winner
Prix Victor-Barbeau
2003
Work: Un temps éventuel
Category: non-fiction
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

De l'oeil et de l'écoute

1980 poetry

Poetry collection exploring eye and ear.

sensesAmerica

Bitumes

1998 poetry

Poetry collection.

Bibliography

  • La Poésie et nous (1958)
  • Ducharme l'inquiétant (1967)
  • Poèmes de l'Amérique étrangère (1958)
  • Variations sur la pierre (1964)
  • La Têt con navet (1977)
  • Veiller ne plus veiller (1978)
  • De l'oeil et de l'écoute (1980)
  • Autres, autrement (1983)
  • Sédiments 86 (1986)
  • L'Impression du souci (1993)
  • Bitumes (1998)
  • Quand demeure (2002)
  • Poèmes de flèche et de plume (2004)
  • Choses nues passage (2004)
  • Mille pas dans le jardin font aussi le tour du monde (2005)
  • L'Oiseau, le Vieux-Port et le Charpentier (2006)
  • Il dit (2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical poetry
Recurring Motifs
Americasenses

Health

  • cancer
    2005年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Important Quebec poet, winner of Governor General's Award.