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Pierre Nepveu

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Pierre Nepveu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-09-16 (Montreal, Quebec)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Montreal

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, essayist, scholar, professor
Active Years
1977-2024
Affiliations
Université de Montréal, French Studies Department
Influenced By
Gaston Miron

Awards

Governor General's Literary Awards
1979
Work: Les mots à l'écoute
Category: non-fiction
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: finalist
Governor General's Literary Awards
1986
Work: L'hiver de Mira Christophe
Category: fiction
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: finalist
Governor General's Literary Awards
1997
Work: Romans-fleuves
Category: poetry
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: winner
Governor General's Literary Awards
1998
Work: Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde: Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques
Category: nonfiction
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: winner
Governor General's Literary Awards
2003
Work: Lignes aériennes
Category: poetry
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: winner
Prix Athanase-David
2005
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: winner
Order of Canada
2011
Category: Member
Result: awarded
National Order of Quebec
2018
Category: Officer
Result: awarded

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Romans-fleuves

1997 poetry

A poetry collection on Quebec literature themes.

Quebec poetryNew World
Translations
  • English translation by Donald Winkler

Bibliography

  • Épisodes (1977)
  • Les mots à l'écoute (1979)
  • La Poésie québécoise, des origines à nos jours (1980-1981)
  • L'hiver de Mira Christophe (1986)
  • Des mondes peu habités (1992)
  • Montréal imaginaire (1992)
  • Romans-fleuves (1997)
  • Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde (1998)
  • L'écologie du réel (1999)
  • Lignes aériennes (2002)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Specialist in modern Quebec poetryEssayistic poetry
Recurring Motifs
Quebec literatureMontrealNew World

Legacy

Prominent Quebec poet and scholar, multiple Governor General's Literary Award winner.