Fernand Ouellette

Fernand Ouellette (24 September 1930 – 3 February 2026) was a Canadian Quebecois writer who wrote in French. He was a three-time winner of the Governor General's Awards, having won the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 1970 Governor General's Awards for Les actes retrouvés, the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1985 Governor General's Awards for Lucie ou un midi en novembre, and the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 1987 Governor General's Awards for Les Heures.

Ouellette was born in Montreal, Quebec on 24 September 1930. He died on 3 February 2026, at the age of 95.

Works (selection) Poetry These angels of blood, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 1955 Sequences of the wing, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 1958 The sun in death, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 1965; The sun in death (preceded wing Sequences and radiographs), Montreal, Typo 1995 In the dark, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 1967 Poetry (1953-1971), Montreal, The Hexagon 1972 Wanderings, Montreal, Editions Bourguignon, 1975 Here, there, light, Montreal, The Hexagon 1977 In short, Montreal, Editions Parallel 1979 In the night, the sea (1972-1980), Montreal, The Hexagon 1981 Awakenings, Obsidian, Montreal, with nine lithographs by Léon Bellefleur, 1982 Nella Notte, Il Mare altre poetry, translated from Italian by Antonella Emina Martinetto, Rome, Bulzoni Editore, 1986 Clocks, Montreal / Seyssel, Hexagon / Champ Vallon, 1987; Typo 1988; Typo 2007 Wells of light, trans. English Barry Callaghan and Ray Ellenwood, Toronto, Exile Editions, 1989 Beyond the passage, Montreal, The Hexagon 1997 Selection of poems (1955-1997), presenting Georges Leroux, Montreal, coll. "the lily", Fides, 2000 The unforgettable, Chronicle I, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2005 The unforgettable, Chronicle II, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2006 The unforgettable, Chronicle III, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2007 The wide presence, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2008 The Steep, Volume I, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2009 The Steep, Volume II, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2009 The Absent, Éditions du passage, illustrated with 34 works on paper by Christian Gardair, Montreal, 2010 Wake of the addition (choice of poems 1953-2008), preface by Georges Leroux, Montreal, Typo, 2010 At the extreme of the time (2010-2012 poems), Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2013 Hours, translated from English by Antonio D'Alfonso, Toronto, Buffalo, Lancaster, coll. "Essential translation", Guernica Editions, 2014. Progress towards the invisible, Montreal, L'Hexagone, 2015 Novels You intensely watched Genevieve, Montreal, Les Quinze, 1978; Introducing Joseph Bonenfant, Montreal, Typo 1990 The bright death, Montreal, Les Quinze, 1980; Presentation by Pierre Ouellet, Typo 1992 Lucie or one afternoon in November, Montreal, Boreal, 1985 Non-Fiction Edgard Varèse. A Musical Biography. London: Calder and Boyars, 1973