Michel Pleau has devoted his life to literature. The recipient of many awards, this poet gives lectures, takes part in public readings, leads creative writing workshops, mentors young poets in their writing process and contributes to several reviews, including Possibles and Art LeSabord. Michel Pleau is literally present in the Quebec landscape as well: an island in the Caniapiscau reservoir in the north of Quebec bears the name of his collection La traversée de la nuit. Winner of the 2007 Résidence d'écriture Québec-Paris, he won his first Governor General’s Literary Award in 2008 for La lenteur du monde (Eternity Taking Its Time). Michel Pleau lives in his hometown, Quebec City.