title: Jean-Guy Pilon
text: # Jean-Guy Pilon
  
  Jean-Guy Pilon, OC CQ FRSC (12 November 1930 – 27 April 2021) was a Quebec poet.
  
  Born in Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec, he received a law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1954.
  
  ## Honours
  
  * In 1967, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
  * In 1984, he was awarded the Prix Athanase-David.
  * In 1987, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
  * In 1988, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
  