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Robert Melançon (born 12 May 1947^{[ citation needed]}) is a Canadian writer and translator.^{[ citation needed]} He has been a professor of literature at the Université de Montréal since 1972.^{[ citation needed]}

Melançon was born in Montreal, Quebec.^{[ citation needed]}

1972 – The Poetic Image in France, Philippe Desportes Hopil Claude, 1570–1630^{[ citation needed]}

• 1979 – Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama, Peinture aveugle^{[ citation needed]}
• 1990 – Governor General's Award for English to French translation, Second Rouleau (with Charlotte Melançon)^{[ citation needed]}
• 2003 – Prix Victor-Barbeau, Exercices de désoeuvrement^{[ citation needed]}
• 2005 – Prix Alain-Grandbois, Le Paradis des apparences^{[ citation needed]}

• Robert Melancon entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography