Normand de Bellefeuille

Normand de Bellefeuille (French: [nɔʁmɑ̃ də bɛlfœj]; 31 December 1949 – 8 January 2024) was a Canadian poet, writer, literary critic, and essayist.

He was a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, winning at the 2000 Governor General's Awards for La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien ("The Blind Man's Walk Without his Dog") and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Le poème est une maison de bord de mer ("The Poem is a Seaside House").

De Bellefeuille was born in Montreal, Quebec on 31 December 1949.

He was literary director at Québec Amérique from 1997 to 2010,[2] and at Éditions Druide.

De Bellefeuille died on 8 January 2024, at the age of 74.