Michaël Trahan
Michaël Trahan is a Canadian poet from Quebec.
Born and raised in Acton Vale, he moved to Montreal in the early 2000s. His first book of poetry, Nœud coulant, won the Prix Émile-Nelligan, the Prix Alain-Grandbois and the Prix du Festival de la poésie de Montréal in 2014. His second book, La raison des fleurs, won the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.
He is also the author of La postérité du scandale : Petite histoire de la réception de Sade , a non-fiction study of the writings of the Marquis de Sade.
