Robert Dickson (poet)



Robert Dickson (July 23, 1944 – March 19, 2007) was a Canadian poet, translator and academic.

Dickson formerly worked as a professor for le Département d'études françaises et de traduction (Department of French Studies and Translation) at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He won the Governor General's Award for French language poetry in 2002, for his book Humains paysages en temps de paix relative ("Human Landscapes in Times of Relative Peace").

Dickson also wrote songs for the Franco-Ontarian folk rock group CANO in the 1970s. He also translated both French and English literary works, including English translations of works by Jean-Marc Dalpé and French translations of works by Tomson Highway.

Dickson died at his home in Sudbury on March 19, 2007 from brain cancer.

Quotation
"Si je peux poser quelques pierre blanches

pour baliser le sentier à inventer,

je ne serais que très content,

croyant que j'ai ainsi fait quelque chose

de valable avec ma vie." — Robert Dickson