Alphonse Piché
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Alphonse Piché (14 February 1917 – 2 December 1998) was a Canadian poet. He won a 1976 Governor General's Awards.
Life
He studied at the Saint-Joseph seminary.{{cite web|url=http://agora.qc.ca/thematiques/mort/dossiers/picher_alphonse|title=Encyclopédie sur la mort - Picher Alphonse|website=Agora.qc.ca|accessdate=17 September 2017}}
He lived most of his life in Trois-Rivières.
His poetry addresses the themes of the people struggling with the agonies and joys of everyday life.
He lived long near the St. Lawrence River on which he sailed.
His latest collection deliver the words of a man in love with life, in the face of old age and death.
His papers are held at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.{{Cite web|title = Description fonds - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec|url = http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/description_fonds?p_anqsid=201308131612572709&p_centre=04T&p_classe=P&p_fonds=19&p_numunide=372|website = pistard.banq.qc.ca|accessdate = 2015-11-03}}
Awards
- 1947 - Prix David, Ballades de la petite extrace
- 1966 - Grand prix littéraire de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Mauricie
- 1976 - Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général du Canada, Poèmes 1946-1950
- 1989 - Ludger-Duvernay Prize
- 1992 - Membre de l'Ordre du Canada
Works
- Ballades de la petite extrace, Editions Fernand Pilon, 1946
- Remous, F. Pilon, 1947
- Voie d'eau, F. Pilon, 1950
- Poèmes 1946-1966, Editions du Bien Public, 1966
- Poèmes 1946-1968, Éditions de l'Hexagone, 1976
- Dernier Profil 1982
- Fenêtre/Haïku L. Lavoie Maheux, 1986
- Le choix d'Alphonse Piché dans l'œuvre d'Alphonse Piché, Les Presses Laurentiennes, 1987, {{ISBN|9782890150546}}
- Sursis, Écrit forges, 1987, {{ISBN|9782890461215}}
- Fables, L'Hexagone, 1989, {{ISBN|9782890063532}}
- Néant fraternel, Écrits des Forges, 1991, {{ISBN|9782890462298}}
- Retour, Ecrits des Forges, 1997, {{ISBN|9782890464506}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.espacepoetique.com/ChoixP/alphonsepiche2.html|title=Alphonse Piché - poésie|first=Huguette|last=Bertrand|website=Espacepoetique.com|accessdate=17 September 2017}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.litterature.org/recherche/ecrivains/piche-alphonse-375/|title=Recherche - L'Île|last=Egzakt|website=Litterature.org|accessdate=17 September 2017}}
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Category:Members of the Order of Canada
Category:20th-century Canadian poets