Gatien Lapointe (December 18, 1931 - September 15, 1983) was a

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poet from

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.Cloutier-Wojciechowska C. (1985) "The St. Lawrence in the Poetry of Gatien Lapointe". In: Tymieniecka AT. (eds) Poetics of the Elements in the Human Condition: The Sea. Analecta Husserliana (The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research), vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht He is most noted for his collections ''Ode au Saint-Laurent'', which won the

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, the Prix du Maurier and the Prix du Québec in 1963, and ''Le premier mot'', which won the Prix du Québec in 1967."Gatien Lapointe"
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'', February 10, 2008.

Early life and career

Born in Sainte-Justine, he studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, the

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, the

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and the Sorbonne. He published his first poetry collection, ''Jour malaisé'', in 1953 and followed up with ''Otages de la joie'' in 1955 and ''Le Temps premier'' in 1962. He taught at the

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from 1962 to 1969, and then became a professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières."Gatien Lapointe (1931-1983) Poète"
''Bilan du siècle'' (

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). In 1971 he cofounded the publishing house Écrits des Forges. After ''Le premier mot'' he did not publish any new work for many years, but late in life he published a number of new works, including ''Arbre-radar'', ''Barbare inouï'', ''Corps et Graphies'', ''Corps de l'instant'' and ''Le Premier Paysage''. He died in 1983 in

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References

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