Chamberland, Paul, 1939-

Paul Chamberland (born 1939 in Longueuil, Quebec) is a poet and Quebec essayist. He is also considered as a humanist. He studied philosophy and literature. He participated in La Nuit de La poésie in the 27th of March 1970, with Gaston Miron, Claude Péloquin, Raôul Duguay, Michèle Lalonde, etc. Chamberland was a professor of literature in the University of Québec between 1991 and 2004. He received the Prix de l'essai de la revue Spirale in 2000 for En nouvelle barbarie, and the Victor-Barbeau prize of the Académie des lettres du Québec in 2005 for his last essay for VLB Éditeur, Une politique de la douleur. In 2007, Chamberland received the Prix Athanase-David. He also got recognized for his sovereignist engagement and his pamphleteer texts on the subject. The archives of Paul Chamberland are kept at the Montreal archives center of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.