André Roy (born February 27, 1944) is a Canadian poet and arts critic from Quebec.André Roy . Poems of the Month Program, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry in 1985 for Action writing 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.André Roy at L'infocentre littéraire des écrivains québécois. An archive of his papers is held by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Several of his works have been translated into English by Daniel Sloate.Antonio D'Alfonso and Pasquale Verdicchio, Duologue: On Culture and Identity. Guernica Editions, 1999. .
He was one of Quebec's earliest openly gay writers. In 2021, he was named the winner of the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize, a lifetime achievement award for LGBTQ Canadian writers.Levon Sevunts, "Canada’s Blue Metropolis literary festival set for virtual opening". Radio Canada International, April 17, 2021.
Awards and nominations 1979 Governor General's Awards - Nominee in French poetry for Les passions du samedi 1984 Governor General's Awards - Nominee in French poetry Les sept jours de la jouissance 1985 Governor General's Awards - Winner in French poetry for Action writing 1987 Grand Prix du Festival international de la poésie - L'Accélérateur d'intensité 1998 Prix de poésie Terrasses Saint-Sulpice - Vies 2008 Prix littéraire de Radio-Canada 2009 Governor General's Awards - Nominee in French poetry for Les espions de Dieu
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