Rodney Saint-Éloi
Rodney Saint-Éloi is a Haitian-Canadian poet. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Jacques Roche, je t'écris cette lettre and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Je suis la fille du baobab brûlé. Born and raised in Cavaellon, Haiti, he moved to Montreal in 2001.
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- Name
- Rodney Saint-Éloi
- Birthplace
- Cavaellon, Haiti
- Occupation
- poet
- Born
- 1963 · Cavaellon.
- Nationality
- Haiti
- Education
- Laval University
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Languages
- French
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Rodney Saint-Éloi (born 27 August 1963) is described as a writer, journalist and publisher in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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The birth of Rodney Saint-Éloi is recorded on 27 August 1963 in Cavaillon, Haiti.
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Biography
Biography
He was a founder of the Haitian publishing company Éditions Mémoire in 1991, and has published poetry collections including J'avais une ville d’eau, de terre et d'arc-en-ciel heureux (1999), J’ai un arbre dans ma pirogue (2003) and Récitatif au pays des ombres (2011).
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Key facts
• Name — Rodney Saint-Éloi • Birthplace — Cavaellon, Haiti • Occupation — poet • Period — 2010s-present • Notable Works — Jacques Roche, je t'écris cette lettre, Je suis la fille du baobab brûlé
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- 1.Recherche - L'Île. litterature.org.
- 2.Michèle. Bernard. Rodney Saint-Éloi, poète-romancier et éditeur. Nuit blanche, magazine littéraire. 149. 2018. 0823-2490. 1923-3191. 2022-11-02. 34–38.
- 3.Rodney Saint-Éloi, officiellement académicien. Le Nouvelliste.
- 4.Rodney Saint-Éloi Les voix de la poésie. www.lesvoixdelapoesie.com.
- 5.Michel Lacombe. Rodney Saint-Éloi : créer des ponts littéraires entre le Québec et Haïti. ici.radio-canada.ca.
- 6.Louise Dupré. Une parole qui grandit les miroirs. Lettres québécoises. 163. 2016. 11.
- 7.MIFI - Communiqué. www.mifi.gouv.qc.ca.
- 8.Rodney Saint-Éloi. www.salondulivredemontreal.com.
- 9.L'écriture solitaire de Rodney Saint-Éloi. L’actualité. 2020-10-07.
- 10.Gladys Marivat. « Quand il fait triste Bertha chante » : Rodney Saint-Eloi à la source de la vie. Le Monde.fr. 2022-02-03. 2022-11-02.
- 11.Marc Cassivi. Rodney Saint-Éloi, l'humaniste. La Presse. 2019-02-04.
- 12.Rodney Saint-Éloi: « aucun peuple n’est plus petit que son poème ». Le Devoir. 2020-10-17.
- 13.Rodney Saint-Éloi. Île en île. 2002-03-19.
- 14.Le legs d'Aimé Césaire au Festival international de la littérature. La Presse. 2008-09-25.
- 15.Rodney Saint-Éloi : L’activiste littéraire derrière « L’Espace de la diversité ». RCI Français. 2015-04-08.
- 16.Rencontres québécoises en Haïti: l'espoir de partager. La Presse. 2013-05-04.
- 17.Site du gouvernement du Québec consulté le
- 18.Article sur Le Matin-Haïti consulté le
- 19.Rodney Saint-Éloi. Association nationale des éditeurs de livres/Québec Édition.
- 20.Dix-sept ambassadeurs culturels honorés pour souligner les 25 ans du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. www.calq.gouv.qc.ca. 1 mai 2019.
- 21.Ordre des arts et des lettres: Rodney Saint-Éloi se raconte. Le Devoir. 2019-05-28.
- 22.Nomination de Rodney St-Eloi, comme Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République française. NETALKOLE MEDIA. 2021-12-13.
- 23.Eberline Nicolas. Entrevue avec Rodney Saint-Eloi, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Loop News. 16 décembre 2021.
- 24.Mans E. PETERS. Haïti -Culture:MÉDAILLE DE CHEVALIER DES ARTS ET LETTRES POUR SAINT ELOI. Le P'tit journal. 14 décembre 2021.
- 25.Mario. Cloutier. Les racistes n’ont jamais vu la mer: Une invitation au dialogue pour un meilleur vivre-ensemble. La Presse. 2021-10-12. 2024-03-17.
- 26.Les livres comme des boucliers antiracistes. Le Devoir. 2021-10-23.
- 27.Rodney Saint-Éloi. Académie des lettres du Québec.
- 28.Rodney St-Éloi et Martine Audet à l’Académie des lettres du Québec. Revue Les libraires. 2015-11-06.
- 29.Charles Rioux. Elizabeth Lemay remporte le Prix littéraire Janette-Bertrand. ici.radio-canada.ca. 20 novembre 2025.
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