Pierre Morency

Pierre Morency , OC , CQ (* 1942 in Lauzon , Québec ) is a Canadian writer and poet .

Life

Pierre Morency studied at the Collège de Lévis until 1963 and then at the Université Laval until 1966. He then worked for a few years as a teacher.

In order to have a living, he eventually went to Radio Canada in Québec . For the station he wrote more than 200 texts as well as a series of 60 programs about the nature of Canada (especially the bird world ).

The author, who has made a name for himself especially in the field of poetry , successfully combines his knowledge of nature and the history of his country with poetry. An example of this is Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde (three volumes), the first volume of which was published in 1989. In his very poetic texts, which often lie on the borderline between poetry and prose, Morency always tries to take on a mediating role between nature and man.

He has received numerous prizes for his work, such as the Prix de l'Institut Canada de Québec and the Prix Athanase-David (2000). In 1993 he received the title Chevalier de l ' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République and a bust on the Sentiers Poétiques de Saint-Venant-de Paquette.

He also campaigns for his colleagues in a French-Canadian writers' association ( Union des écrivains québécois ), which he co-founded in 1977.

Works

Poetry

Poèmes de la froide merveille de vivre (1967)
Poèmes de la vie déliée (1968)
Au nord constamment de l'amour (1970)
Lien de naissance (1973)
Torrentiel (1978)
Effets personnels (1986)
Quand nous serons (1988)
Les Paroles qui marchent dans la nuit (1994) (poetry and prose poems)

theatre

Plays for children

Marlot in Les Merveilles (1975)
Tournebire ou le malin frigo (1978)

Theater for adults

Charbonneau et le chef (1974)
Les Passeuses (1976)

A text by him and several other French-Canadian authors has appeared in German, for example in the following anthology:

Lothar Baier , Pierre Filion (eds.): America writing differently. Literature from Québec. Das Wunderhorn , Heidelberg 2000, therein: The life of the tree of life . Essay, Übers. Baier, pp. 304-313

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personal data
SURNAME	Morency, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lauzon