Hélène Dorion

In 2006, Dorion was received at the Académie des lettres du Québec and was named among the "Personalities of the Year" by the newspaperThe Gazette. In 2007, she was named Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec. In 2010, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Translated and published in over fifteen countries, her work has earned her several honors and awards, including the Governor General of Canada, the Prix Alain-Grandbois, Aliénor Prize, the International Poetry Award-Walloon Brussels and the Prix du Festival International de Poésie de Romania. In 2005, Dorion was the first Quebecer to receive the Mallarmé prize.

In 2002, she published Days of sand, the story that won her the Prix Anne-Hébert, then in 2003, Under the arch of timea, a work which brings together essays on writing, literature, and the role of art in society. Her first book La Vie bercée (2006), was nominated for three awards, including the Prix du Livre Jeunesse Library Montreal and The White Raven (Italy) .

Dorion has published over twenty books of poetry, Without including board, not the end of the world (1995 ), The Walls of the Cave (1998), Portraits of the seas (2000), and delight: the places (2005). An anthology of her poems, prepared by Pierre Nepveu, entitled On the clay and breath, was published in pocket Éditions TYPO, and in 2006, Éditions de France published a retrospective of her poetry under the title Worlds fragile, frail things.

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Dorion taught literature before heading Publisher Noroît from 1991 until 2000. She also conducted a series of audio recordings of poetry and music, and was writer in residence at the UQÀM and the University of Montreal.

Hélène Dorion, OC CQ (born 21 April 1958) is a Canadian poet, and writer.