Rodney Saint-Éloi Explained
| Rodney Saint-Éloi |
| Birth Place: | Cavaellon, Haiti |
| Occupation: | poet |
| Period: | 2010s-present |
| Nationality: | Haitian-Canadian |
| Notableworks: | Jacques Roche, je t'écris cette lettre, Je suis la fille du baobab brûlé |
Rodney Saint-Éloi is a Haitian-Canadian poet.[1] He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Jacques Roche, je t'écris cette lettre[2] and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Je suis la fille du baobab brûlé.[3]
Born and raised in Cavaellon, Haiti, he moved to Montreal in 2001.[4] He was a founder of the Haitian publishing company Éditions Mémoire in 1991,[5] and has published poetry collections including J'avais une ville d’eau, de terre et d'arc-en-ciel heureux (1999), J’ai un arbre dans ma pirogue (2003) and Récitatif au pays des ombres (2011).[5]
Notes and References
- http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/2016/11/05/003-rodney-saint-eloi-salon-livre-rimouski-haiti.shtml "Rodney Saint-Éloi et la littérature comme éveil à l'humanité"
- http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2013/10/02/003-finalistes-gg-2013.shtml "Les finalistes des GG 2013 sont connus"
- http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2016/10/04/001-prix-du-gouverneur-general-litterature.shtml "Les finalistes des Prix littéraires du gouverneur général sont dévoilés"
- http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9697-haiti-literature-rodney-saint-eloi-finalist-for-the-governor-general-s-award-2013.html "Haiti - Literature : Rodney Saint-Éloi finalist for the Governor General's Award 2013"
- http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6646-haiti-culture-rodney-saint-eloi-received-the-prix-charles-biddle.html "Rodney Saint-Éloi received the Prix Charles Biddle"
