Claude Lafortune (5 July 1936 – 19 April 2020) was a Canadian

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ist, set decorator, and television personality.

Biography

A graduate of the

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, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects before he became famous for his paper art. He had an exhibit devoted to his paper art work—titled ''Colle, papier, ciseaux''—at the Musée des cultures du monde in

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. The exhibition has traveled to

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ...

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, Lachine,

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, and

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. Lafortune died in

, Quebec, aged 83, after contracting

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during the

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. He is the subject of Tanya Lapointe's 2020 documentary film '' The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier)''.

Prizes

*Prix du meilleur décor at the Festival d'Art Dramatique de Montréal (1965) *Prix Alvine-Bélisle (1977-1978) *Prix de littérature de jeunesse of the

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(1977) *Prix Anik of the

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(1978) *The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen Prize (1982) *Prize of the Association Nationale des téléspectateurs (1982) *Prix de reconnaissance de l'Office des communications sociales pour l'ensemble de l'œuvre d'une personne à la télévision religieuse (1988) *Prix d'excellence de l'Alliance pour l'enfant et la télévision (1992) *Prix Gémeaux of the

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(1994) *Prix spécial de l'Alliance pour l'enfant et la télévision pour le couronnement d'une carrière (1995) *Prix Paul-Blouin of

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(2000) *''Trophée le Masque, La très belle histoire de Noël'' (2002) *Prix Citoyen d'exception of the City of Longueuil (2016) *''Docteur honoris causa'' from the

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*Gold Medal of the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (2018)

Television appearances

*''La Ribouldingue'' (1968–1971) *''

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'' (1968–1971) *''Du soleil à cinq cents'' (1973–1976) *''L'Évangile en papier'' (1975–1976) *''La Bible en papier'' (1976–1977) *''Es-tu d'accord?'' (1976–1977) *''L'Église en papier'' (1977–1978) *''Québékio'' (since 1980) *''La souris verte'' *''Nicole et Pierre'' (1986–1988) *''Parcelles de soleil'' (1988–2000)

Filmography

* ''

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Stage theater appearances

*''Naïves Hirondelles'' (1965) *''Ballade pour un Révolutionnaire'' (1965) *''La grosse tête'' (1969) *''La très belle histoire de Noël'' (2001–2006) *''Don Quichotte'' (2009)

References

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