Louis Dudek, born in Montreal, was educated both at McGill and Columbia University. In New York, as a young poet, he corresponded extensively with Ezra Pound. Back in Montreal, he joined the McGill faculty, where his lectures on literature became legendary. In combination with other key figures in the first and second waves of Canadian poetic modernism, he commenced many of the most important small magazines and literary presses of the mid-century. As a writer, critic, and cultural observer, his career has been dedicated to ongoing intellectual and artistic discussion. Justly identified as Canada’s premier man of letters, Dudek died in 2001.

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Pierre DesRuisseaux, poet, editor, translator and authority on Quebec popular culture, is one of the most active proponents in the Quebec literary scene. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1945, he is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, non-fiction and fiction. His poetry collection Monème won the 1989 Governor-General?s Award. He is a frequent editorial and creative contributor to literary journals both inside and outside Quebec. He is also the author and researcher for many works devoted to current Quebec culture, including le Dictionnaire des expressions québécoises.

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