GUY CLOUTIER

Born in Québec City in 1949, Guy Cloutier is a writer, literary critic, and professor. He earned a PhD in French literature from Université Laval in 1986 and taught literature and creative writing at Cégep Lévis-Lauzon, Cégep Limoilou, and Université Laval. A literary critic for Radio-Canada, Le Soleil, and Magazine littéraire (Paris), he has published widely and served on juries for the CALQ and the Canada Council for the Arts. Co-founder of Éditions de l’Estérel (1977–1981), he also initiated Les Lundis du Temporel, a turning point in Québec’s literary recitals. Since 1996, he has been Artistic Director of Poètes de l’Amérique française. Actively involved in the literary community, he served with the Québec Writers’ Union and was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (1990) and of the Ordre des arts et des lettres (2001).