
Pierre Labrie (born 23 April 1972) is a
Québécois poet
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, born at
Mont-Joli
Mont-Joli () is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is the county seat. The city is located east of Rimouski near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
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Quebec
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. He now lives in
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of ...
.
Very involved in the social and cultural milieu of the region, he was president of the Société des Écrivains de la Mauricie, co-founder and editor of les Éditions Cobalt, and co-founder of the magazine Les Soirs Rouges, which he ran until 2003. He has published several titles, including ''À tout hasard'' (Le Sabord, 2000), ''L’amour usinaire'' (Écrits des forges, 2002, shortlisted for the Gérald Godin Prize and the Félix Leclerc Prize in 2003), ''Voyage dans chacune des Cellules'' (Trois-Pistoles, 2003, shortlisted for the Gérald Godin Prize in 2004), ''à minuit. changez la date'' (Écrits des Forges, 2004), ''La pléiade des nombres épidémiques'' (Trois-Pistoles, 2005) and ''Le mobile du temps'' (Trois-Pistoles, 2006).
In 2005, Pierre Labrie was awarded the Gérald Godin Prize for ''à minuit. changez la date''.
Poetry
* ''À tout hasard'' (recueil de poèmes, manifeste), avec Carl Lacharité, Trois-Rivières, Éditions d'art Le Sabord, 2000.
* ''Cage verte'', Trois-Rivières, Éditions Cobalt, 2001.
* ''L’amour usinaire'', Trois-Rivières, Écrits des Forges, 2002.
* ''Voyage dans chacune des Cellules'', Trois-Pistoles, Éditions Trois-Pistoles, 2003.
* ''à minuit. changez la date'', Trois-Rivières, Écrits des Forges, 2004.
* ''La pléiade des nombres épidémiques'', Trois-Pistoles, Éditions Trois-Pistoles, 2005.
* ''Le mobile du temps'', Trois-Pistoles, Éditions Trois-Pistoles, 2006.
* ''Ajouts actuels aux révélations'', Trois-Pistoles, Éditions Trois-Pistoles, 2010.
Theatre
* ''5250, St-Valère - Territoire désarticulé''. Setting in scene of Reynald Viel, with Stéphanie Champagne and Nathan Champagne, Les Productions des Mots... Céans, Studio théâtre, Trois-Rivières, of January 19 at February 24, 2007.
Honors
*2005 -
Prix de littérature Gérald-Godin, ''à minuit. changez la date''
*2004 - Shortlisted for Prix de littérature Gérald-Godin, ''Voyage dans chacune des Cellules''
*2003 - Shortlisted for
Prix Félix-Leclerc de la poésie, ''L’amour usinaire''
*2003 - Shortlisted for Prix de littérature Gérald-Godin, ''L’amour usinaire''
See also
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List of people from Mauricie
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List of people from the Gaspé Peninsula
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List of poets
This is an alphabetical list of internationally notable poets.
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*Aarudhra (1925–1968), Indian Telugu poet, born Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastry
* Jonathan Aaron (born 1941), US poet
*Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigerian poet
*Henry ...
References
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1972 births
21st-century Canadian poets
Writers from Quebec
People from Bas-Saint-Laurent
Living people
Canadian poets in French
Canadian male poets
21st-century Canadian male writers