René Lapierre

René Lapierre (born 1953) is a Québécois writer and teacher. Mainly a poet and essayist, he has published over the last 30 years more than twenty books, among which are several essays on writing and theories of creation, social criticism, and cultural spectacularization. He also published in magazines, in collective works or in social networks a lot of commitment texts, particularly in the context of 2012 Quebec student protests.

Since 1981, he has taught literature (literary creation, theory of forms, ethics, aesthetics, and theories of creation) in the Literary Studies Department at the University of Quebec in Montreal, where he had the opportunity to work with many prominent poets of Quebec.

Honors 2002 : Prix Victor-Barbeau de l'Académie des lettres du Québec 2012 : Prix de poésie Estuaire - Bistro Leméac pour Pour les désespérés seulement 2013 : Prix Alain-Grandbois de l'Académie des lettres du Québec pour Pour les désespérés seulement 2013 : Prix du Gouverneur général : poésie de langue française pour Pour les désespérés seulement