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

References

External links

• (in French) Archives of Fernand Ouellette (Fonds Fernand Ouellette, R11784) are held at Library and Archives Canada
• Fernand Ouellette at IMDb
• Fernand Ouellette discography at Discogs