André Roy (writer)
André Roy | |
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| Born | February 27, 1944 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | poet, film and literary critic |
| Period | 1970s-present |
| Notable works | Action writing, L'Accélérateur d'intensité |
André Roy (born February 27, 1944) is a Canadian poet and arts critic from Quebec.[1] He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1985 for Action writing[1] and was a shortlisted nominee for the award on three other occasions.
He has also published extensively as a film and literary critic, and was an editor of the cultural magazines Hobo-Québec and Spirale.[2] An archive of his papers is held by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.[3] Several of his works have been translated into English by Daniel Sloate.[4]
He was one of Quebec's earliest openly gay writers.[4] In 2021 he was named the winner of the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize, a lifetime achievement award for LGBTQ Canadian writers.[5]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 1979 Governor General's Awards - Nominee in French poetry for Les passions du samedi
- 1984 Governor General's Awards - Nominee in French poetry Les sept jours de la jouissance
- 1985 Governor General's Awards - Winner in French poetry for Action writing
- 1987 Grand Prix du Festival international de la poésie - L'Accélérateur d'intensité
- 1998 Prix de poésie Terrasses Saint-Sulpice - Vies
- 2008 Prix littéraire de Radio-Canada
- 2009 Governor General's Awards - Nominee in French poetry for Les espions de Dieu
Works
[edit]Poetry
- N'importe qu'elle page (1973)
- L'Espace de voir (1974)
- En image de ça (1974)
- Vers mauve (1975)
- D'un corps à l'autre (1976)
- Corps qui suivent (1977)
- Le Sentiment du lieu (1978)
- Les passions du samedi (1979, ISBN 978-2920051010)
- Petit supplément aux passions (1980, ISBN 978-2892728811)
- Monsieur désir (1981, ISBN 978-2892728743)
- La Leçon des ténèbres (1983)
- Les lits de l'Amérique (1983, ISBN 978-2892720020)
- Les sept jours de la jouissance (1984, ISBN 978-2920051195)
- Nuits (1984, ISBN 978-2892720105)
- Action writing (1985, ISBN 9782894191989)
- C'est encore le solitaire qui parle (1986, ISBN 978-2892720273)
- L'Accélérateur d'intensité (1987, ISBN 9782892950540)
- Le Spectacle de l'homme encore visible (1988, ISBN 978-2892720433)
- Les Amoureux n'existent que sur la terre (1990, ISBN 978-2892720594)
- On sait que cela est écrit avant et après la grande maladie (1992, ISBN 9782894190166)
- De la nature des mondes animés et de ceux qui y habitent (1994, ISBN 978-2894190548)
- Le Cœur est un objet noir caché en nous (1995, ISBN 9782894190753)
- Vies (1998, ISBN 9782894191293)
- Nous sommes tous encore vivants (2002, ISBN 9782894191941)
- Professeur de poésie (2003, ISBN 9782894192221)
- Traité du paysage (2005)
- Tout, rien, quelque chose (2007, ISBN 9782894192689)
- Les espions de Dieu (2008, ISBN 9782894192825)
- La saison des fantômes (2011, ISBN 978-2896950379)
- C'est encore nous qui rêvons (2012, ISBN 9782894193280)
- La Très grande solitude de l'écrivain pragois Franz Kafka (2014, ISBN 9782894194218)
Non-fiction
- La vie parallèle (1994, ISBN 978-2894190586)
- 100 films à voir en vidéo (1997, ISBN 9782893815190)
- Dictionnaire du film (1999, ISBN 9782893815435)
- Voyage au pays du cinéma (1999, ISBN 9782894191446)
- Rayon rose (2006, ISBN 9782894192535)
- J'ai toujours appris à écrire (2006, ISBN 9782895831518)
- Dictionnaire général du cinéma (2007, ISBN 9782762127874)
English translations
- The Passions of Mister Desire (1986, ISBN 0-919349-65-X)
- Parallel to Life (2001, ISBN 1-55071-143-1)
References
[edit]- ^ a b André Roy Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Poems of the Month Program, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
- ^ André Roy at L'infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois.
- ^ Fonds André Roy (MSS241) - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ).
- ^ a b Antonio D'Alfonso and Pasquale Verdicchio, Duologue: On Culture and Identity. Guernica Editions, 1999. ISBN 978-1550710724.
- ^ Levon Sevunts, "Canada’s Blue Metropolis literary festival set for virtual opening". Radio Canada International, April 17, 2021.
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