title: Pierre Nepveu
text: # Pierre Nepveu
  
  Pierre Nepveu CM OQ (born 16 September 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. As a scholar, he specializes in modern Quebec poetry, in particular the work of Gaston Miron. He taught at the French Studies Department of Université de Montréal from 1979 until his retirement in 2009.
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  * 1979: non-fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, Les mots à l'écoute
  * 1986: fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards, L'hiver de Mira Christophe
  * 1997: poetry winner, Governor General's Awards, Romans-fleuves
  * 1998: nonfiction winner, Governor General's Awards, Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques
  * 2003: poetry winner, Governor General's Awards, Lignes aériennes
  * 2005: winner, Prix Athanase-David
  * 2011: Member of the Order of Canada
  * 2018: Officer of the National Order of Quebec
  