José Acquelin

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| name = José Acquelin

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| image = José Acquelin chez Quai Des Brumes.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|04|04}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec

| occupation = poet

| period = 1980s-present

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = Anarchie de la lumière, L'Oiseau respirable

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| awards = Governor General's Award for French-language poetry

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José Acquelin (born April 4, 1956 in Montreal) is a Canadian poet from Quebec.[http://www.lactualite.com/culture/raconte-moi-un-auteur-jose-acquelin/ "Raconte-moi un auteur : José Acquelin"]. L'actualité, November 6, 2014. He won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Anarchie de la lumière,[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/thomas-king-wins-governor-generals-award-for-fiction/article21636001/ "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction"]. The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014. and was a nominee for the same award at the 1996 Governor General's Awards for L'Oiseau respirable."Local authors top list: Governor-General's Literary Awards nominees announced". The Gazette, October 18, 1996.

Two editions of his poetry have also been translated into English for publication by Guernica Editions.

Works

1987 - Tout va rien
1990 - Le Piéton immobile
1991 - Tarokado
1992 - Chien d'azur
1995 - Cité ouverte
1995 - L'oiseau respirable
1995 - L'éternité est un entretemps
1997 - Autour du temps
1998 - L'Orange vide
1999 - Comme les dix doigts de las manos
1999 - Là où finit la terre
2000 - Premiers mots de l'an 2000
2000 - Jaune Rouge Bleu (with Joël Des Rosiers and Suzanne Jacob)
2003 - L'inconscient du soleil
2004 - L'épluche-œil
2005 - Mexiquatrains
2006 - Personne ne sait que je t'aime
2006 - L'absolu est un dé rond
2007 - Il n'est sens que d'apprendre à mourir
2008 - Paradoxes de la fragilité - en marge du poème
2008 - Fantounel, slam de mon enfance en pays occitan
2008 - La plaquette cubaine (with Bertrand Laverdure and Yannick Renaud)
2009 - Dans l'oeil de la luciole
2009 - L'infini est moins triste que l'éternité
2010 - Jonquilles des palanges
2010 - Château bizarre : Rien-sur-Mer
2011 - Nous sommes tous des sauvages
2011 - Le temps a parfois de ces tendresses
2011 - Le zéro est l'origine de l'au-delà
2012 - Comme si tu avais encore le temps de rêver = Com si encara tinguessis temps de somiar
2014 - Anarchie de la lumière

=Translations=

2010 - The Man Who Delivers Clouds (selected poetry translated by Antonio D'Alfonso)
2014 - The Absolute Is a Round Die (translation of L'absolu est un dé rond by Hugh Hazelton)