Robert Marinier

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Robert Marinier
Born1954
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Occupationdramatist, television writer
Period1980s-present
Notable worksL'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]

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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 .

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References

  1. "G-G short list proves puzzling Urquhart selection an early favourite, but where's Richler, Ricci, Tremblay?". The Globe and Mail , October 23, 1997.
  2. "Major Dora Mavor Moore nominations". Toronto Star , September 12, 1997.
  3. Deborah Dundas, "Toronto writer Ann Shin wins $20,000 Trillium Prize for North Korean novel ‘The Last Exiles’". Toronto Star , June 21, 2022.
  4. "Météo + de retour pour une deuxième saison". L'Express Ottawa, October 8, 2008.
  5. "The rogue beneath the sensitive male". Ottawa Citizen , June 25, 1987.
  6. "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.
  7. "French theatre festival offers 15-day smorgasbord of plays". Ottawa Citizen , June 3, 1999.