Michel Pleau

Michel Pleau (born May 25, 1964) is a Canadian poet, who was appointed Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in January 2014.

Originally from the Saint-Sauveur district of Quebec City, In 1997, the Commission de toponymie du Québec named an unnamed island in the province's Caniapiscau Reservoir for his collection La traversée de la nuit, as part of a program honouring writers to mark the 20th anniversary of the Charter of the French Language.

Works Apprendre à partir (1985) Les Doux silences (1986) Le corps tombe plus tard (1992, ) Spanish translation El cuerpo cae más tarde (2001, ) La traversée de la nuit (1994, ) Plus loin que les cendres (1996, ) Qui s'enfonce dans la nuit (1998) Regards sur le poème (1998, ) L'aveu tout simple d'un visage (1999, ) Il arrive que le ciel te console (2000, ) Soleil rouge (2004, ) Le feu de l'autre rive (2005, ) Arbres lumière (2005, ) La lenteur du monde (2007, ) English translation Eternity Taking Its Time (2012, ) Le petit livre de l'été (2012, ) Le ciel de la basse-ville (2014, )