Gérald Leblanc (September 25, 1945 – May 30, 2005) was an Acadian poet notable for seeking his own Acadian roots and the current voices of Acadian culture. Leblanc was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. He studied at the Université de Moncton and lived in Moncton, where he died in 2005. He also spent a good part of his life in New York City, which he loved. Deeply Acadian and North American, Gérald Leblanc tirelessly sought the roots of his Acadian identity. The quality and abundance of his poetic work guarantee him a place amongst the most important authors of modern Acadian poetry. He was also the author, along with Claude Beausoleil, of an anthology of Acadian poetry. He was the lyricist for the Acadian musical group 1755 and wrote many of the group's classic songs ("Le monde a bien changé", "Boire ma bouteille", Rue Dufferin", "Kouchibouguac"). He was an unabashed champion of "chiac", which is the slang spoken mainly in south eastern New Brunswick and mixes English and French words and syntax. As a poet and speaker, he was invited to various countries: Canada (Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax,etc.), the United States (New York and New Orleans), France (Paris, La Rochelle, Caen, Grenoble, Lyon, and Poitiers), Belgium (Brussels, Namur, Liège), the Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Mexico (Mexico City), the Czech Republic (Prague), Slovakia (Bratislava), and Switzerland (Delémont). Works Leblanc's texts (written in French) have been translated into English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Czech and Slovak. Letters Lettres à mon ami américain 1967-2003: édition annotée préparée par Benoit Doyon-Gosselin, Sudbury, Éditions Prise de parole, 2018 (postmortem) Poetry L’extrême frontière, poèmes 1972-1988, Sudbury, Éditions Prise de parole, 2015 (postmortem) Éloge du chiac, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 2015 (postmortem) Complaintes du continent, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 2014 (postmortem) Poèmes new-yorkais (1992-1998), Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 2006 (postmortem) Techgnose, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 2004 Géomancie, Ottawa, Éditions l’Interligne, 2003 Le plus clair du temps, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 2001 Je n’en connais pas la fin, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 1999 Méditations sur le désir, artist's book, with Guy Duguay, Moncton, limited edition, hand printed on paper crafted by and with lithographs by Guy Duguay, 1996 Éloge du chiac, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 1995 Complaintes du continent, Moncton/Trois-Rivières, Éditions Perce-Neige/Écrits des forges, 1993 De la rue, la mémoire, la musique, with Jean-Paul Daoust, Montreal, Lèvres urbaines n. 24, 1993 Les matins habitables, Moncton, Éditions Perce-Neige, 1991 L’extrême frontière, Moncton, Éditions d’Acadie, 1988 Lieux