What is Claude Beausoleil?
[[File:Claude Beausoleil.jpg|right|200px]] '''Claude Beausoleil''' (16 November 1948 &ndash; 24 July 2020) was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist (An essay writer). He was born in [[Montreal]]. In 1991, Beausoleil won the Prix littéraires du Journal de Montréal for ''Une certain fin de siècle''. He was also a finalist for the [[1991 Governor General's Awards]]. He won the 1997 [[Prix Alain-Grandbois]] for ''Grand Hôtel des étrangers''. ''La Blessure du silence'' won the Prix Louise-Labé in 2009, and ''Mystère Wilde'' won the Prix Heredia of the [[Académie française]] in 2015. Beausoleil was a member of the [[Académie Mallarmé]]. His archives are kept in the [[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/676987|title=Fonds Claude Beausoleil|work=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec|language=French|access-date=2020-07-29|archive-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729023112/https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/676987|url-status=dead}}</ref> Beausoleil died on 24 July 2020 in Montreal, At the age of 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fr-ca/obituaries/montreal-qc/claude-beausoleil-9276243|title=Claude Beausoleil|work=Dignité|language=French|access-date=2020-07-29|archive-date=2020-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726065659/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fr-ca/obituaries/montreal-qc/claude-beausoleil-9276243|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beausoleil, Claude}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian essayists]] [[Category:Canadian poets]] [[Category:Writers from Montreal]] {{bio-stub}}