Montreal-born poet and translator Francis Catalano is the author of five poetry collections. He was awarded the Grand Prix at the Trois-Rivieres International Poetry Festival for qu’une lueur des lieux. As a translator he has published Yellow by Antonio Porta and Instructions pour la lecture d’un journal by Valerio Magrelli, which earned him the 2006 John Glassco Prize for Literary Translation. Recently he published his first prose work, On achève parfois ses romans en Italie.