| Roland Viau | |
| Birth Place: | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1954 |
| Occupation: | academic, writer |
| Period: | 1990s-present |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Notableworks: | Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âme, Amerindia |
| Awards: | Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction |
Roland Viau (born February 6, 1954) is a Canadian academic and writer from Quebec.[1] An ethnologist who teaches in the department of anthropology at the Université de Montréal,[2] he is a two-time winner the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 1997 Governor General's Awards for Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne[3] and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Amerindia : essais d'ethnohistoire autochtone.[2] [4]