Raoul Fernandes

{{short description|Canadian poet}}

Raoul Fernandes is a Canadian poet from Vancouver, British Columbia.[http://www.malahatreview.ca/reviews/192reviews_janess.html "Poetry Reviews by Danielle Janess"]. The Malahat Review, Issue 192 (Autumn 2015), pp. 90-94. His debut poetry collection Transmitter and Receiver, published in 2015, won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2016,[https://www.straight.com/arts/690376/years-bc-book-prizes-awarded "This year's B.C. Book Prizes awarded"]. The Georgia Straight, May 2, 2016. and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award[https://www.lpg.ca/league-canadian-poets-reveals-2016-poetry-awards-shortlist "The League of Canadian Poets Reveals 2016 Poetry Awards Shortlist"]. Literary Press Group of Canada, 2016. and the ReLit Award for Poetry.[http://open-book.ca/News/ReLit-Award-Long-Shortlist-Announced "ReLit Award Long Shortlist Announced"]. Open Book, January 26, 2017.