Pierre Nepveu

Pierre Nepveu (born 16 September 1946 in Montreal) is a famous French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. He currently teaches French studies at the Université de Montréal.

Awards and recognition

* 1979: non-fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, "Les mots à l'écoute"
* 1986: fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, "L'hiver de Mira Christophe"
* 1997: poetry winner, Governor General's Awards, "Romans-fleuves"
* 1998: nonfiction winner, Governor General's Awards, "Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques"
* 2003: poetry winner, Governor General's Awards, "Lignes aériennes"
* 2005: winner, Prix Athanase-David

Bibliography

*1977: "Episodes" (L'Hexagone)
*1979: "Les mots à l'écoute: poésie et silence chez Fernand Ouellette, Gaston Miron et Paul-Marie Lapointe" (Presses de l'Université Laval) ISBN 0-7746-6857-1
*1980-1981: with Laurent Mailhot, "La Poésie québécoise, des origines à nos jours", anthology (Presses de l'Université du Québec) ISBN 2-7605-0284-8
**1996: reissue (Typo) ISBN 2-89295-006-6
*1986: "L'hiver de Mira Christophe", novel (Boréal) ISBN 2-89052-164-8
*1986: co-compiler with Laurent Mailhot, "La Poésie québécoise: des origines à nos jours" (Hexagone) ISBN 2-89295-006-6
*1992: "Des mondes peu habités", novel (Boréal) ISBN 2-89052-489-2
**1997: English translation by Judith Weisz Woodsworth, "Still lives" (Nuage Editions) ISBN 0-921833-54-7
*1992: with Gilles Marcotte, "Montréal imaginaire: ville et littérature" (Fides) ISBN 2-7621-1615-5
*1997: "Romans-fleuves" (Éditions du Noroît) ISBN 2-89018-382-3
*1998: "Interieurs du Nouveau Monde: essais sur les litteratures du Quebec et des Ameriques" (Boreal) ISBN 2-89052-881-2
*1999: "L'écologie du réel: mort et naissance de la littérature québécoise contemporaine" (Boréal) ISBN 2-89052-962-2
*2002: "Lignes aériennes" (Éditions du Noroît) ISBN 2-89018-500-1
**2004: English translation by Judith Cowan, "Mirabel" (Signal Editions) ISBN 1-55065-191-9
*2004: editor with Marie-Andrée Beaudet, "Un long chemin: proses, 1953-1996", compilation of works by Gaston Miron (L'Hexagone) ISBN 2-89006-695-9

External links

* [http://www.vehiculepress.com/titles/390.html Vehicule Press: "Mirabel"] , accessed 13 July 2006
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/3/8/t8-5005-e.html Collections Canada: 1997 Governor General's Award Winner: Pierre Nepveu] , accessed 13 July 2006
* [http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=317 Pierre Nepveu] , accessed 13 July 2006
* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/pierre-nepveu/ Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)] fr icon