Rodney Saint-Éloi welcomed at Académie des lettres du Québec

On Monday, November 9, 2015, Académie des lettres du Québec, an organization with the objective to serve and defend the language and French-speaking culture in Quebec, welcomed Haitian-Canadian, Poet and essayist, Rodney Saint Elois as new member.

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Rodney Saint-Éloi was born in Cavaillon, Haiti. He studied French literature at the Université Laval and has been the director of the cultural page of newspaper Le Nouvelliste.

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Canadian-Haitian Rodney Saint-Eloi, has been inducted into the Academie des Lettres du Quebec (ALQ). A prolific author, poet, and essayist he began life in Cavaillon, Haiti (1963).

Recipient of many awards and honors, he has undertaken the translation of books written in French to make literature available to foreign-speaking nations.

ALQ acknowledges Saint-Eloi's participation in Quebec's cultural life, and he has been recommended for the highly-coveted Governor General's literary prize.

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