Marcel Dubé
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Marcel Dubé, OC
(born in Montreal
, Quebec
3 Jan 1930) is a Canadian
playwright. He has produced over 300 works for radio, television and the stage. His concerns for the preservation and sanctity of the French language in Quebec was a primary focus of his career.
He then attended and the plays he wrote there were so successful that he was soon able to write for a living. He founded the group Jeune Scène which at the Dominion Drama Festival in 1953 won several awards with his own play, De l'autre côté du mur which later became Zone.
Over the next five years Radio-Canada
presented, on radio and television, over 30 of his works (many of which he later adapted to the stage). He has produced over 300 works for radio, television and the stage.
His concerns for the preservation and sanctity of the French language in Quebec and around the world drove him into many other organizations. He was first secretary, then president, of the Conseil de la langue française, president of the Rencontres francophones du Québec and cofounder and director of the Sécretariat permanent des peuples francophones.
In February 2001, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Order of Canada
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(born in Montreal
Montreal
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, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
3 Jan 1930) is a Canadian
Canada
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playwright. He has produced over 300 works for radio, television and the stage. His concerns for the preservation and sanctity of the French language in Quebec was a primary focus of his career.
Life
He studied at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario where he got his taste for theatre frequenting the school's auditorium, the historic Salle du Gésu.He then attended and the plays he wrote there were so successful that he was soon able to write for a living. He founded the group Jeune Scène which at the Dominion Drama Festival in 1953 won several awards with his own play, De l'autre côté du mur which later became Zone.
Over the next five years Radio-Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
presented, on radio and television, over 30 of his works (many of which he later adapted to the stage). He has produced over 300 works for radio, television and the stage.
His concerns for the preservation and sanctity of the French language in Quebec and around the world drove him into many other organizations. He was first secretary, then president, of the Conseil de la langue française, president of the Rencontres francophones du Québec and cofounder and director of the Sécretariat permanent des peuples francophones.
In February 2001, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Works
- Zone, Montréal, Éditions de la cascade, Collège Sainte-Marie, (1956), (1968), (1971)
- Le temps des lilas, Québec, Institut littéraire, collection «Théâtre Canadien», (1958), (1969), (1973)
- Un simple soldat, Québec, Institut littéraire, collection «Théâtre Canadien», (1958), (1967), (1980)
- Florence, Québec, Institut littéraire du Québec ltée, (1960), (1970)
- Le Train du Nord, Montréal, Les Éditions du jour, (1961)
- Bilan, Montréal, Leméac, (1968)
- Textes et documents (partie 1), Montréal, Leméac, (1968)
- Les beaux dimanches, Montréal, Leméac, (1968)
- Hold-up, en collaboration avec Louis-Georges Carrier, Montréal, Leméac, (1969)
- Pauvre amour, Montréal, Leméac, (1969)
- Au retour des oies blanches, Montréal, Leméac, (1969)
- Le coup de l'étrier et Avant de t'en aller, Montréal, Leméac, (1970)
- Un matin comme les autres, Montréal, Leméac, (1971)
- Entre midi et soir, Montréal, Leméac, (1971), (1977)
- Le naufragé, Montréal, Leméac, (1971)
- The white geese, Toronto, new press, (1972)
- L'échéance du vendredi suivi de Paradis perdu, Montréal, Leméac, (1972)
- Textes et documents (partie 2), Montréal, Leméac, (1973)
- La cellule, Montréal, Leméac, (1973)
- Jérémie (argument de ballet), Montréal, Leméac, (1973)
- Médée, Montréal, Leméac, (1973)
- De l’autre côté du mur suivi de cinq pièces courtes, Montréal, Leméac, (1973)
- Manuel, Montréal, Leméac, (1974)
- Poèmes de sable, Montréal, Leméac, (1974)
- Virginie, Montréal, Leméac, (1974)
- L’impromptu de Québec ou le testament, Montréal, Leméac, (1974)
- L’été s’appelle Julie, Montréal, Leméac, (1975)
- Dites-le avec des fleurs, en collaboration avec Jean Barbeau, Montréal, Éditions Leméac, (1976)
- Octobre, Montréal, Éditions Leméac, (1977)
- Le réformiste ou l’honneur des hommes, Montréal, Éditions Leméac, (1977)
- Zone (Anglais), Toronto, Playwrights Canada, (1982)
- Le choix de Marcel Dubé dans l’œuvre de Marcel Dubé, Charlesbourg, Presses laurentiennes, (1986)
- L’Amérique à sec, Outremont, Leméac, (1986)
- Jean-Paul Lemieux et le livre, Montréal, Art global, (1988), (1993)
- Andrée Lachapelle : Entre ciel et terre, Montréal, Éditions Mnémosyne, coll. « Portraits d'artistes », (1995)
- Yoko ou le retour à Melbourne, Montréal, Leméac, (2000)
Awards and prizes
- 1953 - Bourse du ministère du Bien-Être et de la Jeunesse
- 1958 - Bourse Canada Foundation
- 1959 - Award from the Canada CouncilCanada CouncilThe Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
- 1961 - Member of the Royal Society of CanadaRoyal Society of CanadaThe Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
- 1961 - Membre de l’Académie des lettres du QuébecAcadémie des lettres du QuébecThe Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers.It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québec, under much controversy.It brings together writers and...
- 1962 - Governor General's AwardGovernor General's AwardThe Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
- 1966 - Award from the Canada CouncilCanada CouncilThe Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
- 1970 - Bourse du ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec
- 1973 - Prix Athanase-DavidPrix Athanase-DavidThe Prix Athanase-David is a literary award presented annually by the government of Quebec as part of the Prix du Québec to a Quebec writer, to honour the body of his or her work....
(the highest cultural award granted by the Quebec government at the time) - 1984 - Molson PrizeMolson PrizeThe Thomas Henry Pentland Molson Prize for the Arts is awarded by The Canada Council for the Arts. Two prizes are awarded annually to distinguished individuals. One prize is awarded in the arts, one in the social sciences and humanities...
, Canada CouncilCanada CouncilThe Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and... - 1985 - Membre de l’Ordre des francophones d’Amérique
- 1985 - Honorary doctorate of letters, Université de MonctonUniversité de MonctonThe Université de Moncton is a French language university located in Moncton, New Brunswick serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada...
- 1986 - Médaille de l’Académie des lettres du QuébecAcadémie des lettres du QuébecThe Académie des lettres du Québec is a national academy for Quebec writers.It was founded as the Académie canadienne-française in 1944 by Victor Barbeau and a group of writers. In 1992 it changed its name to the Académie des lettres du Québec, under much controversy.It brings together writers and...
- 1987 - Médaille de l’Académie canadienne-française
- 1991 - Chevalier de l’Ordre de Pléiade de l’Assemblée internationale des Parlementaires de la langue française
- 2001 - Prix Mérite du français dans la culture
- 2001 - Officer of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
- 2001 - Officer of the National Order of QuebecNational Order of QuebecThe National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as l'Ordre national du Québec, and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec...
- 2005 - Governor General's AwardGovernor General's AwardThe Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
- 2006 - Prix hommage Québécor