Robert Marinier
Robert Marinier | |
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| Born | 1954 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | dramatist, television writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1980s-present |
| Notable works | L'Insomnie, Météo+ |
Robert Marinier (born 1954 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian stage actor, playwright and television writer, who was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 1997 Governor General's Awards for his play L'Insomnie.[1] For the same play, he was also a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actor in a Play, Mid-Size Theatre division, in 1997.[2]
His 2021 book Un conte de l'apocalypse was the winner of the Trillium Book Award for French Prose in 2022.[3]
He has also been a television writer for the series The Smoggies, Météo+[4] and Les Bleus de Ramville.
Plays
- 1979 - Lafortune et Lachance
- 1980 - La Tante
- 1982 - L'Inconception
- 1984 - Les Rogers (with Robert Bellefeuille and Jean-Marc Dalpé)[5]
- 1988 - En camisoles
- 1989 - Deuxième souffle (with Dan Lalande)
- 1993 - À la gauche de Dieu
- 1994 - L'Insomnie
- 1997 - But for the Grace of God... (English translation of À la gauche de Dieu)[6]
- 1999 - Le golfeur et la mort
- 1999 - Contes sudburois (with Jean-Marc Dalpé, Robert Dickson, Paulette Gagnon, Michael Gauthier and Brigitte Haentjens)[7]
- 2000 - Big Crunch
- 2000 - Univers
- 2000 - Je me souviens
- 2005 - Épinal
References
- ^ "G-G short list proves puzzling Urquhart selection an early favourite, but where's Richler, Ricci, Tremblay?". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1997.
- ^ "Major Dora Mavor Moore nominations". Toronto Star, September 12, 1997.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Toronto writer Ann Shin wins $20,000 Trillium Prize for North Korean novel ‘The Last Exiles’". Toronto Star, June 21, 2022.
- ^ "Météo + de retour pour une deuxième saison". L'Express Ottawa, October 8, 2008.
- ^ "The rogue beneath the sensitive male". Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 1987.
- ^ "The truth about illicit love: Robert Marinier's play about infidelities and middle-aged passions resurfaces in a new English-language translation". Ottawa Citizen, January 12, 1997.
- ^ "French theatre festival offers 15-day smorgasbord of plays". Ottawa Citizen, June 3, 1999.
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