Alphonse Piché

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. 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.

A poetry prize is named for him.

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, Sursis, Écrit forges, 1987, Fables, L'Hexagone, 1989, Néant fraternel, Écrits des Forges, 1991, Retour, Ecrits des Forges, 1997,