André Paiement (June 28, 1950 – January 23, 1978) was a

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playwright and musician. He was one of the most prominent

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artists, playing a key role in developing many of the cultural institutions of the community.

Biography

Born in

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, Paiement studied translation at

Laurentian University Laurentian University (), officially Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized Bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, incorporated on March 28, 1960. Laurentian offers a variety of undergr ...

in Sudbury, and got involved in theatre. Paiement, with a group of artists that included Robert Paquette and writer and broadcaster Denis St-Jules, wrote and staged the

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''Moé, j'viens du Nord, s'tie!'' in 1970. The artists subsequently formed the '' Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel Ontario'', which evolved in a variety of directions. Some of the artists, including Paiement, established the professional theatre company

Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (''Theatre of New-Ontario'') is a Canadian professional theatre company. Located in Sudbury, Ontario, the company produces French language stage productions. The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des ar ...

. Others, including Paiement and his sister

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, subsequently formed the

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band, CANO-Musique. Paiement himself was active in both the theatre and band projects. His stage productions included ''Et le septième jour...'', ''À mes fils bien-aimés'', ''La vie et les temps de Médéric Boileau'', ''Lavalléville'' and an adaptation in Franco-Ontarian dialect ( joual) of

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

's ''Malade imaginaire''. He was also a key organizer behind the music festivals La Nuit sur l'étang and

Northern Lights Festival Boréal Northern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual summer music festival in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario. It is one of Canada's oldest continuous music festivals, having been staged every year since 1972 until the COVID-19 pandemic.

. Paiement died by

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on January 23, 1978, aged 27.

Works

Theater plays

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

- ''Moé j'viens du Nord, s'tie!'' *

- ''Et le septième jour'' *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

- ''Pépère parent'' *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

- ''À mes fils bien-aimés'' *

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

- ''La Vie et les temps de Médéric Boileau'' *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

- ''Lavalléville, comédie musicale franco-ontarienne'' *

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

- ''A book of thoughts and words'', inédit.

Songs

* See

CANO CANO, a Canadian progressive rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, was the most successful popular musical group in Franco-Ontarian history. Origins CANO evolved out of the ''Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario'' (''Artists' Cooperative of N ...

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

- ''At morn, at noon, at twilight dim'' *

- ''Blue dragonfly''

References

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