Michaël Trahan

{{short description|Canadian poet from Quebec (born 1984)}}

Michaël Trahan (born 1984) is a Canadian poet from Quebec.[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-litteraire/2014/06/04/le-prix-du-festival-de-la-poesie-de-montreal-2014-a-michael-trahan/ "Le Prix du Festival de la poésie de Montréal 2014 à Michaël Trahan"]. Voir, June 4, 2014.

Born and raised in Acton Vale, he moved to Montreal in the early 2000s. His first book of poetry, Nœud coulant, won the Prix Émile-Nelligan,[https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/407464/le-prix-nelligan-a-michael-trahan "Le prix Nelligan à Michaël Trahan"]. Le Devoir, May 6, 2014. the Prix Alain-Grandbois[https://revue.leslibraires.ca/actualites/les-prix-litteraires/les-laureats-des-prix-de-l-academie-des-lettres-du-quebec "Les lauréats des prix de l’Académie des lettres du Québec"]. Les Libraires, October 12, 2014. and the Prix du Festival de la poésie de Montréal[https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201406/05/01-4773153-poesie-un-deuxieme-prix-pour-michael-trahan.php "Poésie: un deuxième prix pour Michaël Trahan"]. La Presse, June 5, 2014. in 2014. His second book, La raison des fleurs, won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1132758/gagnants-prix-litteraires-gouverneur-general-2018-connus "Les gagnants des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général sont connus"]. Ici Radio-Canada, October 30, 2018.

He is also the author of La postérité du scandale : Petite histoire de la réception de Sade (1909-1939), a non-fiction study of the writings of the Marquis de Sade.