Claude Beausoleil

Since 1972, Claude Beausoleil has published 58 books, including "Intrusion ralenti, Avatars du trait, Le Dormeur, Fureur de Mexico, La vie singuliere, Le Rythme des lieux" and "Rue du jour." He published his first novel, "Fort Sauvage," in 1994 and has also edited numerous anthologies, including "La poesie canadienne" and "La poesie mexicaine." Beausoleil teaches at Montreal's College edouard-Montpetit. From 1978 to 1985 Beausoleil was the poetry critic for "Le Devoir" in Montreal. He has...See more

Since 1972, Claude Beausoleil has published 58 books, including "Intrusion ralenti, Avatars du trait, Le Dormeur, Fureur de Mexico, La vie singuliere, Le Rythme des lieux" and "Rue du jour." He published his first novel, "Fort Sauvage," in 1994 and has also edited numerous anthologies, including "La poesie canadienne" and "La poesie mexicaine." Beausoleil teaches at Montreal's College edouard-Montpetit. From 1978 to 1985 Beausoleil was the poetry critic for "Le Devoir" in Montreal. He has collaborated on many literary magazines both in Quebec and internationally, including "Estuaire, Nuit blanche, Jungle" and "Europe." He is the director of the poetry magazine "Levres urbaines" which began in 1983. In the course of his career, Beausoleil has won many prizes, including the Nelligan poetry prize, the Grand prix de poesie du Journal de Montreal, the prix Estuaire des Terrases Saint-Sulpice and the Georges-Limbour prize in France. He received the Ordre des Francophones d'Amerique in 1989. ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS: Jed English lives in France where he writes and translates poetry in connection with the Centre Georges-Pompidou. George Morrissette is a Winnipeg-based poet. See less