Jean-Paul Daoust

Jean-Paul Daoust
Born January 30, 1946
Nationality Canadian
Occupation poet
Awards Governor General's Awards.

Jean-Paul Daoust (born January 30, 1946) is a Canadian poet. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Les Cendres bleues.[1]

Life

Daoust has published thirty collections of poetry since 1976, and two novels. He contributed to many poetry magazines, and edited the journal Estuary from 1993 to 2003. He is a member of the Quebec Writers Union.

He is openly gay.[2]

Works

Works in English

References

  1. ↑ "Literary award winners detailed". Vancouver Sun, January 23, 1991.
  2. ↑ "Community can't be engineered". Toronto Star, June 22, 2012.
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