André Roy | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | February 27, 1944
Occupation | poet, film and literary critic |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1970s-present |
Notable works | Action writing, L'Accélérateur d'intensité |
André Roy (born February 27, 1944) is a Canadian poet and arts critic from Quebec. [1] He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1985 for Action writing [1] and was a shortlisted nominee for the award on three other occasions.
He has also published extensively as a film and literary critic, and was an editor of the cultural magazines Hobo-Québec and Spirale. [2] An archive of his papers is held by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. [3] Several of his works have been translated into English by Daniel Sloate. [4]
He was one of Quebec's earliest openly gay writers. [4] In 2021 he was named the winner of the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize, a lifetime achievement award for LGBTQ Canadian writers. [5]
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André Roy | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | February 27, 1944
Occupation | poet, film and literary critic |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1970s-present |
Notable works | Action writing, L'Accélérateur d'intensité |
André Roy (born February 27, 1944) is a Canadian poet and arts critic from Quebec. [1] He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1985 for Action writing [1] and was a shortlisted nominee for the award on three other occasions.
He has also published extensively as a film and literary critic, and was an editor of the cultural magazines Hobo-Québec and Spirale. [2] An archive of his papers is held by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. [3] Several of his works have been translated into English by Daniel Sloate. [4]
He was one of Quebec's earliest openly gay writers. [4] In 2021 he was named the winner of the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize, a lifetime achievement award for LGBTQ Canadian writers. [5]
Non-fiction
English translations