Michaël Trahan (born 1984) is a

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poet from

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."Le Prix du Festival de la poésie de Montréal 2014 à Michaël Trahan"
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'', June 4, 2014. Born and raised in Acton Vale, he moved to

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in the early 2000s. His first book of poetry, ''Nœud coulant'', won the Prix Émile-Nelligan, the

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and the Prix du Festival de la poésie de Montréal in 2014. His second book, ''La raison des fleurs'', won the

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at the 2018 Governor General's Awards."Les gagnants des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général sont connus"

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, October 30, 2018. He is also the author of ''La postérité du scandale : Petite histoire de la réception de Sade (1909-1939)'', a non-fiction study of the writings of the

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