Michel Tremblay

Linda Morra (Bishop's University)

Ed. by Emir Delic, Université Sainte-Anne
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.4: Canadian Writing and Culture: Francophone .
Vol. editors: Emir Delic (Université Sainte-Anne), Eftihia Mihelakis (Brandon University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 25 Jun 1942
Activity 1962-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

French Canadian

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Novelist

Resources

Tremblay's Works

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Michel Tremblay is an internationally renowned Quebecois playwright, novelist, and translator. In particular, his dramatic works have been produced around the world and translated into over twenty-two languages, including Hindi, Dutch, Japanese, and German. Catapulted to success by his controversial piece,

Les Belles-sœurs

(1968) [

The Sisters-in-Law

], Tremblay has gone on to produce a staggering body of literature, comprising more than two dozen plays, a dozen novels, memoirs, translations, film scripts, and an opera. He is recognized for bringing to the mainstream his depictions of working-class characters, often women from the east end of Montreal, and

joual

, a linguistically and culturally innovative feature of his plays; for challenging and subverting the authority of the Roman…

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Citation: Morra, Linda. "Michel Tremblay". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 July 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5296, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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