Alphonse Piché (14 February 1917 – 2 December 1998) was a Canadian poet. He won a
1976 Governor General's Awards.
Life
He studied at the Saint-Joseph seminary.
He lived most of his life in
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
.
His poetry addresses the themes of the people struggling with the agonies and joys of everyday life.
He lived long near the St. Lawrence River on which he sailed.
His latest collection deliver the words of a man in love with life, in the face of old age and death.
His papers are held at the
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
The (; ; abbr. BAnQ) is a Quebec government agency which manages the province's legal deposit system, national archives, and national library. Located at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal, the BAnQ was created by the merging of the Biblioth ...
.
A poetry prize is named for him.
Awards
* 1947 - Prix David, ''Ballades de la petite extrace''
* 1966 - Grand prix littéraire de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Mauricie
* 1976 -
Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général du Canada, ''Poèmes 1946-1950''
* 1989 -
Ludger-Duvernay Prize
The Ludger-Duvernay Prize is a Quebec award created in 1944 and named in honour of journalist Ludger Duvernay. It is awarded by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal to recognize the merits of a person whose competence and influence in the ...
* 1992 - ''Membre'' de l'
Ordre du Canada
Works
* ''Ballades de la petite extrace'', Editions Fernand Pilon, 1946
* ''Remous'', F. Pilon, 1947
* ''Voie d'eau'', F. Pilon, 1950
* ''Poèmes 1946-1966'', Editions du Bien Public, 1966
* ''Poèmes 1946-1968'', Éditions de l'Hexagone, 1976
* ''Dernier Profil'' 1982
* ''Fenêtre/Haïku'' L. Lavoie Maheux, 1986
* ''Le choix d'Alphonse Piché dans l'œuvre d'Alphonse Piché'', Les Presses Laurentiennes, 1987,
* ''Sursis'', Écrit forges, 1987,
* ''Fables'', L'Hexagone, 1989,
* ''Néant fraternel'', Écrits des Forges, 1991,
* ''Retour'', Ecrits des Forges, 1997,
References
External links
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1998 deaths
Members of the Order of Canada
1917 births
Poets from Quebec
Canadian male poets
20th-century Canadian poets
Canadian poets in French
20th-century Canadian male writers