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Genre
  
poetry, essay

Name
  
Laurent Poliquin

Role
  
Poet


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Born
  
June 12, 1975 (age 48) Trois-Rivieres, Quebec (
1975-06-12
)

Notable works
  
De l'amuissement des certitudesMarchand d'intensiteLa Metisse filante

Notable awards
  
Rue-Deschambault Literary AwardMarcel Richard AwardAlliance francaise AwardFrench Government Award

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Laurent Poliquin (born 1975 in Trois-Rivières) is an award-winning Franco-Manitoban poet.

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Biography

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He studied philosophy at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières and completed a MA in French studies at the University of British Columbia. In 1999, he moved to Winnipeg and completed a Bachelor of Education at Université de Saint-Boniface, for which he was awarded the prestigious Government of France Award. He works as a journalist and radio host before becoming a teacher. In 2008, he began a doctorate in French studies at the University of Manitoba (Canada) after holding editorial functions at Éditions des Plaines (2003–2009). In 2009 he was introduce as a member of the research center Young People's Text and Culture of the University of Winnipeg (CRYTC) and works as an editor for the international journal Youth: Young People, Texts, Cultures. He is also an honorary member of the International Scientific Council of the magazine Otago French Notes of New Zealand. He is the author of eight books of poetry, his most recent release, De l'amuïssement des certitudes, won the Rue-Deschambault Literary Award 2015.

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Winner of the Alliance Française Award in Molsheim (Alsace) in 2002, Poliquin participated in the Toronto International Book Fair (2003), the Salon du livre de Paris (2007), the Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival (2001, 2003 and 2005) and the Winnipeg International Writers Festival (2001 to 2010). His poems have been published in Quebec (Le Sabord, Moebius and Ellipse), in Canada (Contemporary Verse 2, Canadian Literature) in France (Poésie sur Seine, Casse-Pieds, Le Temps des Cerises) and Italy (Ibiskos Editrice Risolo).

Poetry

  • Volute velours, Éditions des Plaines, 2001
  • L'ondoiement du désir, Éditions des Plaines, 2003
  • Le vertigo du tremble, Éditions des Plaines, 2005
  • La Métisse filante, Éditions L'Harmattan, 2008
  • Orpailleur de bisous, Éditions L'Interligne, 2010
  • Marchand d'intensité, Éditions L'Harmattan, 2012
  • Le maniement des larmes, Éditions des Plaines, 2013
  • De l'amuïssement des certitudes,Jacques André Éditeur, 2014.

    • Essay

  • La quête du séducteur ou le messianisme diabolique, Primo Mobile éditeur, 2012

    • Short Stories

  • Litterarum virus, Primo Mobile éditeur, 2016

    • Collective works

  • L'Autre en mémoire, directed by Dominique Laporte, Presses de l'Université Laval, 2006.
  • La Joie, an anthology prepared by Danielle Shelton, Paris / Montreal, cherries Time / Sayings 2006.
  • Aria Acqua Terre Fuoco anthology established by Gabriella Valera Gruber, Florence, Ibiskos Editrice Risolo 2006.
  • Plaisir du texte, texte de plaisir : l'oeuvre de J.R. Léveillé, directed by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Presses Universitaires de Saint-Boniface, 2007.
  • Saint-Boniface 1908–2008 : reflets d'une ville, directed by André Fauchon and Carol J. Harvey, Presses Universitaires de Saint-Boniface, 2008
  • Sillons : hommage à Gabrielle Roy directed by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Éditions du Blé 2009.
  • Transplanter le Canada : Semailles / Transplanting Canada: Seedlings, directed by Marie Carrière and Jerry White, Edmonton, Canadian Literature Centre, 2009
  • Littératures francophones minoritaires (Canada, 1999–2010) : Entretiens et textes , directed by Catherine Parayre, Vienna, Praesens Verlag, 2011.
  • Nous, la multitude, anthology established by Françoise Coulmin, Paris: Le Temps des cerises, 2011.
  • Against innocence: Aesthetics of children's literature in commitment, directed by Britta Benert and P. Clermont, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, 2011
  • Paroles francophones de l'Ouest et du Nord canadiens, directed by Carol Harvey, Presses Universitaires de Saint-Boniface, 2012.
  • Étoiles et planètes, anthology established by André Desforges, Bordeaux, Les dossiers d'Aquitaine, 2012.
  • La francophonie de la Colombie-Britannique : mémoire et fiction, directed by Guy Poirier, Ottawa: Éditions David, 2012.
  • Les institutions littéraires en question dans la franco-amérique , edited by B. Doyon-Gosselin, D. Bélanger and C. Bérard, Laval University Press, 2014.

    • Interview

    An interview with Laurent Poliquin, interview with Nina Berkhout in CV2, vol. 30, No. 1, Summer 2007, p. 58–62.

    Awards and distinctions

  • 2015: Rue-Deschambault Literary Award for De l'amuïssement des certitudes
  • 2015: Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry De l'amuïssement des certitudes, shortlisted
  • 2013: Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Marchand d'intensité, shortlisted
  • 2009–2012: Doctoral Scholarship Joseph-Armand Bombardier SSHRC
  • 2011: Margaret R. Pope Scholarship, University of Manitoba
  • 2011: Writing Fellowship from the Winnipeg Arts Council
  • 2010: Dr. Anita K. Ross Scholarship, University of Manitoba
  • 2009: Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry La Métisse filante, shortlisted
  • 2008: Marcel Richard Award, University of Manitoba
  • 2006: Duino Castle International Poetry Prize (Italy) to La Metisse filante, shortlisted
  • 2001: Alliance française Award (Molsheim, France)
  • 2001: Government of France Award

    • References

    Laurent Poliquin Wikipedia
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