Robert Melançon (born 12 May 1947) is a Canadian writer and translator. He has been a professor of literature at the Université de Montréal since 1972.
Melançon was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Honors 1979 – Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama, Peinture aveugle 1990 – Governor General's Award for English to French translation, Second Rouleau (with Charlotte Melançon) 2003 – Prix Victor-Barbeau, Exercices de désoeuvrement 2005 – Prix Alain-Grandbois, Le Paradis des apparences
Publications 1972 – The Poetic Image in France, Philippe Desportes Hopil Claude, 1570–1630
References
Robert Melancon entry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography