Michel Tremblay
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
1942 -
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Governor General's Award
Officier de l'Order de France
Description
Novelist and playwright. Multiple awards, including Governor General's Award for the Performing Arts, appointed Officier de l'Ordre de France in 1991, and in the same year, Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Québec. Important author of both feminist and homosexual works, notably novels (The Duchess and the Commoner, La nuit des princes charmants, Le Coeur découvert, Le Coeur éclaté) and plays (Hosanna, La duchesse de Langeais, Fragments de mensonges inutiles). Has chronicled the changes in provincial Quebec society from one dominated by the Catholic Church to its fight for sovereignty and independence, a move which he supports. Refused the award of Order of Canada in 1990 based on his separatist leanings.
