J.R Léveillé
Born in Winnipeg in 1945, J.R. Léveillé divides his time between the city and Lake Manitoba country. He is now retired from Radio-Canada national television, where he was a journalist for many years and for whom he produced over thirty author and artist profiles, Léveillé is also the author of a more than a dozen works of poetry, fiction and essays. His work has been published in Manitoba, Quebec and France. Since 1980 Léveillé has worked in the literary publishing milieu of Manitoba and is often invited to national and international conferences to speak on Western Canadian literature. Léveillé has prepared anthologies and special issues for various journals on Franco-Manitoban and Western Canadian literature and he oversees the Collection Rouge, Éditions du Blé's new literature series. In 1999, he was inducted into the Cultural Hall of Fame in Manitoba for his contribution to literature.
Books by J.R Léveillé
