René Lapierre
René Lapierre is a Québécois writer and teacher. Mainly a poet and essayist, he has published over the last 30 years more than twenty books, among which are several essays on writing and theories of creation, social criticism, and cultural spectacularization. He also published in magazines, in collective works or in social networks a lot of commitment texts, particularly in the context of 2012 Quebec student protests.
Since 1981, he has taught literature in the Literary Studies Department at the University of Quebec in Montreal, where he had the opportunity to work with many prominent poets of Quebec.
Honors
- 2002 : Prix Victor-Barbeau de l'Académie des lettres du Québec
- 2012 : Prix de poésie Estuaire - Bistro Leméac pour Pour les désespérés seulement
- 2013 : Prix Alain-Grandbois de l'Académie des lettres du Québec pour Pour les désespérés seulement
- 2013 : Prix du Gouverneur général : poésie de langue française pour ''Pour les désespérés seulement''