Gatien Lapointe (December 18, 1931 - September 15, 1983) was a Canadian poet from Quebec.
[1] He is most noted for his collections Ode au Saint-Laurent, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama, the Prix du Maurier and the Prix du Québec in 1963, and Le premier mot, which won the Prix du Québec in 1967.
[2] He published his first poetry collection, Jour malaisé, in 1953 and followed up with Otages de la joie in 1955 and Le Temps premier in 1962.
[2] He taught at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean from 1962 to 1969, and then became a professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
[3] After Le premier mot he did not publish any new work for many years, but late in life he published a number of new works, including Arbre-radar, Barbare inouï, Corps et Graphies, Corps de l'instant and Le Premier Paysage.