About Michel van Schendel
Lived 1929 – 2005 (aged 76). Michel van Schendel was a Canadian and French poet, writer, journalist, essayist, university teacher and opinion journalist.
Michel van Schendel (June 16, 1929 - October 9, 2005) was a French-born Canadian writer and journalist from Quebec.
Born in Asnières-sur-Seine, France in 1929 to Belgian parents, van Schendel emigrated to Quebec in 1952. He was later nominated in the French-language poetry category at the 1998 Governor General's Awards for Bitumes.
In 2003 he won the Prix Athanase-David from the government of Quebec for his body of work, and the Prix Victor-Barbeau for his non-fiction work Un temps éventuel.
He died of cancer in October 2005.
Works Non-fiction La Poésie et nous (1958), in collaboration with Gilles Hénault, Jacques Brault, Wilfrid Lemoine and Yves Préfontaine Ducharme l'inquiétant (1967) Rebonds critiques (1992) Jousse ou la traversée de l'Amérique (1996) Un temps éventuel (2002) L'Œil allumé (2004) Écrits politiques (2007)
Poetry Poèmes de l'Amérique étrangère (1958) Variations sur la pierre (1964) La Têt con navet (1977) Veiller ne plus veiller (1978) De l'œil et de l'écoute (1980) Autres, autrement (1983) Sédiments 86 (1986), in collaboration with Georges Leroux L'Impression du souci (1993) Bitumes (1998) Quand demeure (2002) Poèmes de flèche et de plume (2004) Choses nues passage (2004) Mille pas dans le jardin font aussi le tour du monde (2005) L'Oiseau, le Vieux-Port et le Charpentier (2006) Il dit (2008), publication posthume
Art books Collaborations with artist Louis-Pierre Bougie: Terre brune (2004) Le jardinier (2005) Les mots griffonnés (2011)
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Who was Michel van Schendel?
Canadian poet and writer (1929–2005)
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Michel van Schendel was born on 16 June 1929 in Asnières-sur-Seine.
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Michel van Schendel died on 9 October 2005 in Montreal.
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Michel van Schendel was a poet, writer, journalist, essayist, university teacher and opinion journalist.
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Michel van Schendel was Canadian and French.
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