Robert Melançon (born 12 May 1947^{[citation needed]}) is a Canadian writer and translator.^{[citation needed]} He has been a professor of literature at the Université de Montréal since 1972.^{[citation needed]}

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Melançon was born in Montreal, Quebec.^{[citation needed]}

1972 – The Poetic Image in France, Philippe Desportes Hopil Claude, 1570–1630^{[citation needed]}

• 1979 – Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama, Peinture aveugle^{[citation needed]}
• 1990 – Governor General's Award for English to French translation, Second Rouleau (with Charlotte Melançon)^{[citation needed]}
• 2003 – Prix Victor-Barbeau, Exercices de désoeuvrement^{[citation needed]}
• 2005 – Prix Alain-Grandbois, Le Paradis des apparences^{[citation needed]}